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# Glossary

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Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's BYOIP documentation.

| Term                                      | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| address map                               | A data structure enabling customers with BYOIP prefixes or account-level static IPs to specify which IP addresses should be mapped to DNS records when they are proxied through Cloudflare.                                                                                                                                                              |
| autonomous system numbers (ASNs)          | A large network or group of networks that has a unified routing policy. Every computer or device that connects to the Internet is connected to an autonomous system.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)             | The routing protocol for the Internet, which is responsible for picking the most efficient routes to deliver Internet traffic.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Internet Routing Registry (IRR)           | A globally distributed database of routing information which contains announced routes and routing policies in a common format. Network operators use this information, as well as [RPKI](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/route-filtering-rpki/), to configure backbone routers. |
| Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) | A cryptographic method of signing records that associate a route with an originating autonomous system number.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Route Origin Authorization (ROA)          | The RPKI-signed object that states an autonomous system is authorized to originate a particular IP address prefix or set of prefixes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)    | A security feature that can prevent spoofing attacks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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