Term:Federation: Difference between revisions
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| short = Federation is when servers connect to each other in a peer-to-peer decentralized network using a common protocol. | | short = Federation is when servers connect to each other in a peer-to-peer decentralized network using a common protocol. | ||
| long = Federation is when servers connect to each other in a peer-to-peer decentralized network using a common protocol. Some examples of federation protocols are ActivityPub and ATProto. | | long = Federation is when servers connect to each other in a peer-to-peer decentralized network using a common protocol. This allows users on each server to access the content on other servers without a central coordination authority or single point of failure. Some examples of federation protocols are ActivityPub and ATProto. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:29, 9 September 2026
Short definition: Federation is when servers connect to each other in a peer-to-peer decentralized network using a common protocol.
Long definition: Federation is when servers connect to each other in a peer-to-peer decentralized network using a common protocol. This allows users on each server to access the content on other servers without a central coordination authority or single point of failure. Some examples of federation protocols are ActivityPub and ATProto.