Digital Infrastructure

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The technical systems and networks that support digital services, such as connectivity, data centers, identity systems, cloud platforms, and public digital services. In policy and tech culture, digital infrastructure is increasingly treated as foundational like roads or power.

    In plain English: The underlying systems and networks that support digital services.

    Example: "The outage mattered beyond one company because so much of the region's digital infrastructure depended on the same identity and payments providers."

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