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* Directed Graphs: A graph is said to be directed if each edge has some sense of direction. The connections between nodes only correctly associate in one direction, and a single-head arrow indicates this direction. We use genealogical terms like ancestor, descendent, parent, and child to refer to nodes in a directed graph.
* Acyclic Graphs: An acyclic graph has no loops in the graph. This means there is no way to navigate from that node back to itself along the graphs edges.
* Directed Acyclic Graphs - DAGs: A graph that is both directed and acyclic is called, you guessed it right? A directed acyclic graph - DAG.
3. Content discovery via directed hash tables (DHTs)
3. Content discovery via distributed hash tables (DHTs)
A distributed hash table - DHT is a distributed system for mapping keys to values. In IPFS, the DHT is used as the fundamental component of the content routing system and acts like a cross between a catalog and a navigation system.