"Fediverse" meaning in All languages combined

See Fediverse on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈfɛ.dɪˌvɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛ.dɪˌvɜɹs/ [General-American], /ˈfe.dəˌvøːs/ [New-Zealand], /ˈfɛ.dɪˌvɜɹs/ [Scotland] Forms: the Fediverse [canonical], fediverse [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪvɜː(ɹ)s 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. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|federation|universe}} Blend of federation + universe Head templates: {{en-proper noun|the=1}} the Fediverse
  1. (Internet) The distributed social media network of federated services using open standard communication protocols, especially ActivityPub and historically OStatus. Wikipedia link: Fediverse Tags: Internet Translations (social network): فيديفيرس (fīdīfīrs) (Arabic), fedibertso (Basque), 联邦宇宙 (Chinese Mandarin), Födiversum (Estonian), Fediversumi (Finnish), fédiverse [masculine] (French), fediverse [masculine] (French), fédivers [masculine] (French), Fediverso [masculine] (Galician), Fediversum (German), הפדיברס (Hebrew), フェディバース (fedibāsu) (Japanese), 페디버스 (pedibeoseu) (Korean), Fødiverset [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Allheimen (Norwegian Bokmål), فدیورس (Persian), Fediwersum [neuter] (Polish), Fediverso [masculine] (Portuguese), Федивёрс (Fedivjórs) (Russian), Fediverso [masculine] (Spanish), Федиверс (Fedyvers) (Ukrainian)

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