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Expand Up @@ -216,12 +216,16 @@ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD",
document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 {{!RFC2119}} {{!RFC8174}}
when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

This document additionally uses the TLS presentation language defined in {{Section 3 of !RFC8446}}.
This document additionally uses the TLS presentation language defined in {{Section 3 of !RFC8446}}, as well as the notation defined in {{Section 2.1.1 of !RFC9162}}.

`U+` followed by four hexadecimal characters denotes a Unicode codepoint, to be encoded in UTF-8 {{!RFC3629}}. `0x` followed by two hexadecimal characters denotes a byte value in the 0-255 range.

`[start, end)`, where `start <= end`, denotes the half-open interval containing integers `x` such that `start <= x < end`.

Given a non-negative integer `n`, `LSB(n)` refers to the least-significant bit of `n`'s binary representation. Equivalently, it is the remainder when `n` is divided by 2.

To *right-shift* a non-negative integer `n` is to shift each bit in its binary representation to one lower position, discarding the least-significant bit. Equivalently, it is the floor of `n` divided by 2.

## Terminology and Roles

This document discusses the following roles:
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