Semantic entity

MetaEdge glossary

Machine-readable definitions for the entities behind distributed web-data infrastructure.

ME

MetaEdge

An enterprise web-data platform combining scraping, proxy orchestration and structured collection.

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TH

The NEST

MetaEdge’s planned opt-in participation layer for distributed residential bandwidth.

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BA

Bandwidth

The maximum rate at which data can be transferred over a network connection.

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RE

Residential IP

An internet address assigned by an ISP to a household connection.

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WE

Web Data

Information obtained from public online sources and organized for analysis.

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PR

Proxy

An intermediary that forwards a network request on behalf of another system.

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WE

Web Scraping

The automated extraction and structuring of information from web pages.

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RA

RAG

Retrieval-augmented generation, a method that grounds model outputs in retrieved sources.

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AI

AI Training Data

Examples and information used to build or refine machine-learning models.

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ED

Edge Computing

Processing, storage or networking positioned close to users and data sources.

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DE

DePIN

Decentralized physical infrastructure networks coordinated through software and incentives.

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DI

Distributed Infrastructure

Resources spread across many locations and managed as one service.

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