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avahi: avahi (service discovery aka zeroconf)
avahi:
avahi: Avahi is an Implementation the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast 
avahi: DNS specifications for Zeroconf Computing. It uses D-BUS for 
avahi: communication between user applications and a system daemon. The 
avahi: daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies,
avahi: necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks. This kind of
avahi: technology  is already found  in  Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous
avahi: Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very convenient.
avahi:
avahi: