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Algorithmic Opacity

The effect of an algorithmic system designed in a way that makes difficult to explain why a certain decision was made by it.

An algorithmic system may be kept opaque deliberately to conceal how it operates, unintentionally due to the expert technical knowledge…

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Meatspace

The physical world, understood as the opposite of cyberspace.

Also known as “real life”, “meat world”, or “face time”.

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Technological Singularity | The Singularity

The hypothesis that at a given moment in the future an artificial intelligence will enter a runaway chain reaction of self-improvement cycles causing an intelligence explosion and resulting in a self-aware entity that would surpass human intellect.

Term popularized by Vernor Vinge

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Memex

A mechanized -for speed and flexibility- device in which individuals would store all kinds of contents and communications, so it could be used to supplement an individual’s memory.

Term coined by Vannevar Bush

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Geek

A person with a certain level of expertise about a technology, usually displaying excessive enthusiasm or passion for that field.

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Cybernetics

A now out-of-use term that refers to the study and management of digital systems.

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Global Village

The idea that the world has been contracted into a village thanks to the almost-instantaneous traffic of information provided by digital technologies.

Term coined by Marshall McLuhan

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Information Theory

The study of management, processing, and transmission of information.

Term coined by Claude E. Shannon

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Cyberspace

The notional environment in which communication and events occur, and cultural objects exists, over computer networks.

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Digital Humanities

Discipline that studies the relationship between digital technologies and society, from sociological, economical, philosophical, and cultural scopes.

See Software Studies