Frequently-asked-Questions

Here's a list of frequently asked questions from folks new to Agregore. If you think there's more that we should have on here please open an issue on github.

What are the differeneces between Hypercore, Bittorent and IPFS?

When peers use Bittorent or Hypercore to share data, they are seperated by the websites and can't share connections between websites. Where as in IPFS you can download data regaurdless of which website it is apart of. In other words, Bittorent and Hypercore find peers per website while IPFS finds peers per file. This also means that IPFS needs more resources to advertise and look up data.

Why are Ad Bloockers good to use?

Ads can be harmful to your computer by giving you viruses and wasting data. Ad companies can also violate your privacy without giving you a choice to say no. An example of a Ad Blocker is UBlock Origin. Agregore uses extentions for lots of it's features and developers can add new features without having to change the browsers code.

Web Extentions are a standard API that want to add new features to browsers. For example, ublock Origin is a extention that adds ad blocking to web browsers. Since Agregore uses the standard API we can use ublock Origin for ad blocking..

What does Markdown mean?

Markdown is a text format for documents. Programmers use this for documentation.

What does API stand for and what does it mean?

API stands for Application Programming Interface. This is a library of pre-made code that programmers can use.

What is a Large Language Model?

A Large Language Model are large nero networks that work on text and is the foundation of chat based AI.

What is Electron Framework?

Electron Framework is a program that let's you use JavaScript to make applications. It uses API's to create windows and interact with the computer.

What does Protocal Handler mean?

Protocal Handler ia an Electron feature that can register code inorder to handle different protocals besides http on the web.