hyperconnected
English
Etymology
From hyper- + connected
Adjective
hyperconnected (not comparable)
- (mathematics, of a topological space) That is not the union of two proper closed sets; such that every open set is dense.
- (mathematics, of a graph) Having an edge set that spans a matroid defined on its edges via exterior algebra.
- Making intense use of telecommunications networks.
- 2009, Harrison Rainie, Janna Quitney Anderson, Susannah Fox, Ubiquity, Mobility, Security (page 482)
- The hyperconnected people in this study reported they use a minimum of seven communications devices and nine communications applications each day, including e-mail, mobile phones, IM, Web conferencing, and social networks.
- 2016, Thomas L. Friedman, Thank You for Being Late, →ISBN:
- The resulting flows of information are making the world not only interconnected and hyperconnected but interdependent— everyone everywhere is now more vulnerable to the actions of anyone anywhere.
- 2009, Harrison Rainie, Janna Quitney Anderson, Susannah Fox, Ubiquity, Mobility, Security (page 482)
- Connected by hyperlinks.
- 2015, Jonathan Savage & Clive McGoun, Teaching in a Networked Classroom, →ISBN, page 76:
- Algorithmic strategies were beginning to look as if they could make sense and meaning out of the vast swathes of hyperconnected documents.
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- Containing an unusually large number of connections.
- 2017, Kenneth F. Swaiman, Stephen Ashwal, & Donna M Ferriero, Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology E-Book: Principles and Practice, →ISBN:
- These findings were replicated in two additional independent cohorts, demonstrating that at childhood the brain in ASD is functionally hyperconnected in systems related to cognitive, social, and affective processes.
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Synonyms
- (not the union of two proper closed sets): irreducible
- (connected by hyperlinks): hyperlinked