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add short and canonical url definitions

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@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ The sequence number of a block in the blockchain. The first block is at height 0
An open, distributed ledger that records transactions in a verifiable and change-resistant way. The LBRY blockchain serves as an index of the content available on the network, a payment system and record of purchases for priced content, and a source if cryptographic publisher identities.
### Canonical URL
Similar to the [Short URL](#short-url) but for claims that are signed by channels, both the channel Short URL and claim Short URL are returned (i.e. lbry://@LBRY-Social#d/two#f. A canonical URL will change if the channel is updated, therefore its less permanent than a Short URL which is less permanent than the [Permanent URL](https://spec.lbry.com/#urls).
### Chainquery
A tool that stores blockchain data in an SQL database, keeps the database up-to-date as the blockchain grows, and provides an API to access the data using standard SQL queries.
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A long-running node that accepts blobs for upload and rehosts them on the network.
### Resolve (or URL Resolution)
### Resolve (or URL Resolution) {#resolve}
The process of translating a URL into the associated claim ID and metadata. See [Resolution](/spec#resolution) for details.
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A scheme to validate transactions without storing the whole blockchain.
### Short URL
The shortest [URL](https://spec.lbry.com/#urls), not including the [channel](#channel), that will [resolve](#resolve) to the correct claim (i.e. lbry://cats#c, returning lbry://cats#ca43e2b6db155177564e574b09dfedc7588816ef or lbry://@cats#0 returning lbry://@cats#0893dbed95307c4b27aadbcb1cc6cb593810b3f9). This is determined on a first come, first serve basis on claim id collisions. A short URL with more than one identifier may change to include only a single identifier if the previous claim, which had the single identifier, is deleted.
### SPV
SPV is an abbreviation for [Simplified Payment Verification](#simplified-payment-verification).