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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/fib20/prefixes.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/fib20/prefixes.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 5e0437ae3b3..00000000000 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/fib20/prefixes.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -.. _prefixes: - -Prefixes -^^^^^^^^ - -Some nomenclature used to describe prefixes: - -* 1.1.1.1 This is an address since it has no associated mask -* 1.1.1.0/24 This is a prefix. -* 1.1.1.1/32 This is a host prefix (the mask length is the size of the address). - -Prefix A is more specific than B if its mask length is longer, and less specific if -the mask is shorter. For example, 1.1.1.0/28 is more specific than 1.1.1.0/24. A -less specific prefix that overlaps with a more specific is the **covering** prefix. -For example, 1.1.1.0/24 is the covering prefix for 1.1.1.0/28 and 1.1.1.0/28 is termed -the **covered** prefix. A covering prefix is therefore always less specific than its -covered prefixes. |