Definition of "netsplit" [netsplit]

• A technical glitch encountered when two or more IRC servers lose their connection to each other, dividing the network into a number of isolated groups of users. (noun)
• To leave an IRC server because of a netsplit. (verb)

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• "It ran for a month without restarts SurrealChat. net w/o any problems, except occasionally chanbots not rejoining after a netsplit."
• "This also means that in case of a netsplit, or enough nodes failing, the minority will not be able to make progress."
• "This means that in this approach, in case of a netsplit, the disjoint parts of the network will accept diverging versions."