On 6/08/2008, at 6:11 AM, Gert Doering wrote:
In RIPE land, an "allocation" is given to a provider (usually a RIPE member), and end user will only ever receive an "assignment".This is established terminology here, but I'm not sure how this is usedin other RIR regions.
This is the terminology in the APNIC region, also. -- Nathan Ward