Glossary

Short definitions of the terms used across the Real-Time Web documentation.

Short definitions of the terms used across these docs.

• Bi-link — a two-way, persistent connection between a consumer and a live source. Delivers changes in both directions with no polling.
• Data Channel — a permissioned pipe that combines multiple live sources into one subscription for one consumer, applying morphs and filters in one place.
• Kernel — the minimal, device-scoped package of resolution rules, credentials, and morphs produced by the Kernelizer.
• Kernelizer — the service that computes and delivers kernels so a device can run its slice of the network locally.
• Morphing — transforming live state as it crosses a bi-link so it matches the consumer’s data model, without storing a copy.
• Morph Space — the first working implementation of the Real-Time Web; also, a named region of that network, usually one per organization.
• Now Layer — the live, synchronized model of the present that nodes read from and write to.
• now-URI — the web-native address of a thing or stream. Resolves to current state, not a file.
• Real-Time Web (RTW) — infrastructure for a web of live, collaborating machines, agents, and services, addressing the present rather than stored documents.
• Synchronized time — a shared clock stamped on every Now Layer event so changes can be ordered consistently across organizations.