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3## Vocabulary 3## Vocabulary
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5 - **Fediverse:** several servers following each others. 5 - **Fediverse:** several servers following one another, several users
6 following each other. Designates federated communities in general.
7 - **Vidiverse:** same as Fediverse, but federating videos specifically.
6 - **Instance:** a server which runs PeerTube in the fediverse. 8 - **Instance:** a server which runs PeerTube in the fediverse.
7 - **Origin instance:** the instance on which the video was uploaded and which 9 - **Origin instance:** the instance on which the video was uploaded and which
8 is seeding (through the WebSeed protocol) the video. 10 is seeding (through the WebSeed protocol) the video.
11 - **Cache instance:** an instance that decided to make available a WebSeed
12 of its own for a video originating from another instance. It sends a `ptCache`
13 activity to notify the origin instance, which will then update its list of
14 WebSeeds for the video.
9 - **Following:** the action of a PeerTube instance which will follow another 15 - **Following:** the action of a PeerTube instance which will follow another
10 instance (subscribe to its videos). 16 instance (subscribe to its videos).
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22 * All the requests are retried several times if they fail. 28 * All the requests are retried several times if they fail.
23 29
24### Instance 30### Instance
25 * An instance has a websocket tracker which is responsible for all the video 31 * An instance has a websocket tracker which is responsible for all videos
26 uploaded in it. 32 uploaded by its users.
27 * An instance has an administrator that can follow other instances. 33 * An instance has an administrator that can follow other instances.
28 * An instance can be configured to follow back automatically. 34 * An instance can be configured to follow back automatically.
29 * An instance can blacklist other instances (only used in "follow back" 35 * An instance can blacklist other instances (only used in "follow back"