OMG, what a great resource … and not just for beginners. Thanks a heap @upstate !!!
Staple this thread to the top of the forum please. 
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DLT - Distributed Ledger Technology
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Should the terms just put in alphabetical order removing the separate sections?
Maybe the topic title could be change to Terms and Abbreviations. There could be two separate lists for terms and abbreviations, each ordered alphabetically.
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E2E - End-to-end
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IGD - Internet Gateway Device
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IDN - Internationalized Domain Name
SLD - Service Level Description
It says “Design” below, but I think the term might be “Description”. What do you say @jeremyjpj0916?
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Not 100% sure. I tried googling to get a definitive answer as all of mine are saved on my computer as XYZ_Project_SLD.vsd(we generated em with Microsoft Visio in my company) so I have also partially lost sight of the D in SLD, regardless its a high level visual component to wtf you are building, with lines and minimal wording that help initially show how the components talk and relate to one another. So I am impartial.
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VfH Vaults from Home
Actor, Map, Sequence, CRDT-tree, DSB, Node, Proof of Authority, Replica
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I heard the term clearnet for the first time here, after asking what the ‘regular internet’ should be called and I thought it was a great counterpart to the safenet.
Alas, clearnet is a counterpart to the darknet, which is not the distinguishment I was looking for.
I was talking about distributed networks (Safenet/Zeronet) versus centralized networks which can include VPN and TOR.
Hognet/Apianet/Umbelnet - “Clearnet”, TOR, VPN https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Star_network_7.svg ← this but with ‘multiple star iterations’, “stars within stars”.
Librenet/Rosenet/Componet - Safenet, Zeronet, etc. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Complete_graph_K7.svg/1024px-Complete_graph_K7.svg.png
Names are based on complete graph being known as a mystic rose before graph theory and Apiales flowers often having an umbel morphology.
Umbel flower
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Dreifachdolde_(inflorescence).svg
Composite flower
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Koepfchen_(inflorescence).svg
If someone has better suggestions for names, I’m all ears.
Yeah, I don’t think it’s an accurate descriptor.
I like ‘oldnet’ or ‘oldweb’ better than ‘clearnet’.
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How about brokenet?
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Hmmmm… ‘oldnet/oldweb’ makes me think of the ‘new’ web 2.0.
One could name it web 2.0 and web 3.0.
Because it’s broken or because it’s an economic failure?
This is actually making me think apianet and rosenet are the better terms for Centralized and Distributed networks.
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Hognet would perhaps be a better description because of the double entendre.
My initial umbelflower I had in mind without knowing the English term for it was giant hogweed.
But then I don’t have a flower that represents the opposite of hogging and is a composite flower.
Ah, it already has a name:
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So oldnet is officially for the 90’s era… the 90s were such a fun time for the web… fond memories pre google era… Safebrowser brings back a lot of nostalgia…
So what do you call the “post millennial web” of the past 20 years involving the rise of social networks, tech giants, twittering, datamining, and overt tracking/censorship?
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Censornet? 
spynet
kelptonet
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