Dictionary of Digital Humanities

Farewell & Thank you!

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

Scriptural algorithm generating a scripton.

A text string as it appears to readers in a digital text representation, that is, the textual instance of a texton.

Means of communication that are native to digital technologies, such as computers, for production and distribution.

Vandalism on a wiki or any other content piece on a collaborative online environment.

The notion of human attention as a limited resource in the management of massive amounts of information and entertainment. As human…

A type of malware that prevents one or multiple users from accessing their systems or data, demanding payment of a ransom to regain access.

The notion of preserving and enhancing personal privacy by building and/or using anonymous systems, electronic money, unregulated…