4. Terminology

[RFC4949] has defined a number of terms that are also used in this document. Some of the terms are close to, but not exactly the same. Where the terms are similar, they are noted below with references. As explained in Section 2.6 of [RFC4949], when this document says "Compare:", the terminology used in this document differs significantly from the definition in the reference.

This document uses the terms in the subsections that follow.