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[-] Jeeve65@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 months ago

If you request data from a server, chances are that your server needs to request that data from another server - which is 'upstream'.

There can be multiple upstream servers involved in responding to your single request

[-] MastKalandar@piefed.ca 1 points 5 months ago

So, the fact that l'm using piefed, multiple servers are involved in responding to my request ??

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