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internet
The internet needs no introduction, at least at a conceptual level. You know what it is - after all, you're on it right now!
There are so many layers to the internet, though, and a lot of ways that you can avoid using the services of the "corporate web", as I like to call it. If you want to check out more decentralized and "smallweb" things, this next area is for you to check out.
relevant links
- browsers: check out some of the FOSS browsers you can use as your gateway to the web
- fediverse: A federated network of decentralized social platforms
- gemini: a protocol for a simple, minimal web
- matrix: a federated communication protocol
- nostr: a simple protocol for global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media
- tor: an overlay network to empower anonymous communication
- xmpp: an open and independent communication standard