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Client
A device that wants to do an index operation.
Note: For name index operations, the client is an Accesser node.
Delegate
A device that is chosen to do an index write on behalf of some other client.
Contention
A situation that occurs when multiple clients attempt to write to the same dsNet System source at the same time. This situation is normally resolved by having the clients back off and eventually retry with random wait times to avoid future contention.