Image Diffusion
Generative model family that denoises random noise into images through learned reverse processes.
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Archives: Glossary
Archives: Glossary
Issuance
Creation of new tokens according to monetary policy; may be inflationary or fixed.
IRL Identity / DID
Decentralized Identifier standard for self‑sovereign identity with verifiable credentials.
IPNS (InterPlanetary Name System)
Mutable naming layer for IPFS that maps identities to updatable content addresses.
IPLD (InterPlanetary Linked Data)
Data model for content‑addressed objects across distributed systems; foundation for CIDs.
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System)
Content‑addressed, peer‑to‑peer storage network using CIDs and IPLD data structures.
Interoperability
Ability for independent systems or chains to exchange data and value safely.
Intermediate Representation (IR)
Compiler form between source and bytecode, e.g., Yul IR in Solidity toolchains.
Inference Server
Service that hosts models behind APIs with scheduling, KV cache, and autoscaling.
Inference
Running a trained model to produce outputs; optimized via quantization, batching, and caching.
In‑Context Learning (ICL)
LLM ability to learn patterns from examples provided at inference time without weight updates.
