"digital garden" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: digital gardens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} digital garden (plural digital gardens)
  1. A public, evolving online space for cultivating ideas, notes, and knowledge, unlike a traditional blog's finished posts; where thoughts grow organically, are continuously edited (like pruning), linked together nonlinearly, and shared in various stages from "seedlings" (raw ideas) to "evergreens" (mature concepts). Related terms: digital gardening, wiki Coordinate_terms: Zettelkasten, second brain, personal knowledge management
    Sense id: en-digital_garden-en-noun-HS8XLDa8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Internet, Knowledge

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