noncentralized
Spread across many
Noncentralized describes systems, organizations, or processes that lack a single point of control or authority.
Power, decision-making, or resources are distributed across multiple nodes rather than concentrated in one place: a noncentralized network, noncentralized governance.
The term appears frequently in discussions of blockchain technology and distributed computing.
Interchangeable with decentralized in most contexts.
Divided governmental authority system
- subsidiarityLocal authority when able
- confederalOf a political alliance
- devolvedDeclined in quality
- polycentricHaving several centers
regionalism · localism · self-governing · autonomous · sovereign · devolution · delegation · dispersed
Divided and given out
- peer-to-peerServerless network architecture
- meshInterlocking open weave
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- nodesPoints of connection
networked · redundancy · fault-tolerance · replication · sharding · modular · cellular · interconnected
Spread widely apart
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
- unconsolidatedNot unified or compacted
unbundled · disaggregated · modular · sectoral · pluralistic · heterogeneous · multipolar · diverse
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
- collectiveJointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
horizontal · flat · leaderless · self-managed · self-directed · collaborative · egalitarian · democratic
federalism
Divided governmental authority system
- subsidiarityLocal authority when able
- confederalOf a political alliance
- devolvedDeclined in quality
polycentric · regionalism · localism · self-governing · autonomous · sovereign · devolution · delegation · dispersed · distributed
distributed
Divided and given out
- peer-to-peerServerless network architecture
- meshInterlocking open weave
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
nodes · networked · redundancy · fault-tolerance · replication · sharding · modular · cellular · interconnected · scalability
dispersed
Spread widely apart
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
unconsolidated · unbundled · disaggregated · modular · sectoral · pluralistic · heterogeneous · multipolar · diverse · varied
grassroots
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
- collectiveJointly organized group
cooperative · horizontal · flat · leaderless · self-managed · self-directed · collaborative · egalitarian · democratic · inclusive
noncentralizedcentralized
Concentrated in one location
top-down · hierarchical · concentrated · consolidated · unitary
noncentralizedcentralized
Concentrated in one location
concentrated · clustered · consolidated · aggregated · converged
noncentralizedunified
Combined into one
coordinated · integrated · monolithic · cohesive · uniform
non, central, centralized, center, centre, centralize, centralization, decentralize, decentralized