What is gossip in Cassandra?

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2. #about
3. #nodes
4. #themselves
5. #periodically
6. #exchange
7. #location
8. #called
9. #protocol
10. #communication
11. #discover
12. #information
13. #state
14. #participating
15. #which
16. #gossip
17. #cluster
18. #cassandra