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Fediverse

name
/ˈfɛ.dɪˌvɜːs/UK/ˈfɛ.dɪˌvɜɹs/US/ˈfe.dəˌvøːs/

Etymology

Blend of federation + universe. The earliest known mention of fediverse on Twitter was in 2012. The earliest known use of fediverse by the W3C was in 2013.

  1. derived from universum — “all things, as a whole, the universe”
  2. derived from univers
  3. inherited from universe
  4. compounded as fediverse — “federation + universe”

Definitions

  1. The distributed social media network of federated services using open standard…

    The distributed social media network of federated services using open standard communication protocols, especially ActivityPub and historically OStatus.

    • While there is clearly a strong appetite amongst women to move away from the digital giants, Spinster is hardly free from their reach, or indeed from hostile men within the wider Fediverse network.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Fediverse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Fediverse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA