Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass Amherst

Tag: keywords

  • Keyword: Decentralization

    Keyword: Decentralization

    Mike Sugarman
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    This is an entry in our Keyword series, where we try to define the terms you’ll often hear when people talk about building a better Internet and put those keywords in their current context. The term decentralization gets thrown around a lot today, often referring to a paradigm shift in Internet technologies that’s just around…

  • Keyword: Accidental Infrastructure

    Keyword: Accidental Infrastructure

    Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci
    2

    This is an entry in our Keyword series, where we try to define the terms you’ll often hear when people talk about building a better Internet and put those keywords in their current context. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, people and organizations needed a new virtual space to host all kinds of…

  • Keyword: Interoperability

    Keyword: Interoperability

    Mike Sugarman
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    Interoperability — it’s a gruesome little chunk of jargon that refers to a fairly fundamental tenet of the Internet. Simply, it means that different applications and devices can share the same data with one another. As users, we enjoy interoperability daily.