IB Digital Society 2.5 Space Key Definitions

A shared, append-only record made of blocks linked by cryptographic codes, so that any later tampering is easy to detect and the data stays trustworthy without a central authority.

A space where the physical and the virtual blend together, so that digital information and real-world places are experienced at the same time, such as using a phone map while walking a street.

The physical or virtual environment where interactions occur.

Manuel Castells' idea that a networked society is organised less around fixed physical places and more around flows of information, money, and people moving through digital networks.

The splitting of the single global internet into separate, bordered zones by national governments and companies, so that what you can see and do online depends on where you are.