bootstrapping node
... that a bootstrapping node is a node in an overlay network that provides initial configuration information to newly joining computer nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network?
... that a <b id="mwAdA"><a href="./Bootstrapping_node" id="mwAdE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bootstrapping node">bootstrapping node</a></b> is a <a href="./Node_(networking)" id="mwAdI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Node (networking)">node</a> in an <a href="./Overlay_network" id="mwAdM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Overlay network">overlay network</a> that provides initial configuration information to newly joining computer nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network?