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Geminispace has a lot of new words and shorthand, that can make some things hard to read and even hard to understand, so I made a glossary.
The protocol Geminispace is built on, envisioned by Solderpunk and later skyjake as well
Where we are currently, the part of the internet that was born on the Gemini protocol
A person who uses Geminispace
A Gemini log, often individual musings, derived from "web log" → "blog", "gopher log" → "phlog"
Gemini protocols page format and how you would write Gemlogs, it is only in UTF-8 with LF or CRLF line endings and filenames end in .gmi or .gemini
A Gemini server or container, a place to host your own Gemtext and Gemlog
A person that runs a capsule in Geminispace, sometimes has a mixed meaning along the lines of Geminaut
Named after the Manned Space Flight Network(MSFN), is basically a messaging protocol like e-mail, but built after the Gemini protocol ideals
Misfin server (certificate is expired)
A sister protocol to Gemini, that allows for editing of longer content in the browser, through the Gemini protocol
Is part of an authentication method, the Gemini protocol uses it for encryption and identities
A list of date arranged links, for Geminispace that is often Gemtext files for a Gemlog
Part of what inspired the Gemini protocol, invented in 1991 as a competing idea to http/www, with an even simpler concept than Gemini
A Gopher server or container, a place to host your own Gemtext and Gemlog
An executable file on a Gopherhole, that can be used to create dynamic content
Is a goPHer log, often with personal musings and was kind of predecessor to Gemlogs
Another simplified protocol, inspired by Gopher and Gemini
OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge, issued in March every year by solderpunk
Remote Outdoor Off-grid PHLOgging CHallenge, issued in September every year by solderpunk
A pet name for the small in file size internet protocols, like Gemini and Gopher
Kind of the same as smolspace, but there is some debate on what protocols belong to the name
A simple two way protocol, that supports Gemtext and has no encryption
Transport Layer Security, the security protocol Gemini requires for encryption, it uses certificates and requires version 1.2, but recommends 1.3
Trust-On-First-Use, refers to how encryption certificates are handled in the Gemini protocol
Zine is a small shortening of magazine and is basically tiny online magazines
Created 2024-09-28 - Updated 2024-09-30