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Glossary

Artificial Intelligence (AI):
A set of computer programs associated with a machine that enable it to reproduce human-related behaviours, such as reasoning, planning and creativity.
Night-time occupation:
Various and varied activities sought by individuals, such as partying, going to bars or nightclubs.
Lisboets:
Inhabitants of the capital of Portugal, Lisbon.
Dystopic:
A fictional story is considered dystopian if it depicts an imaginary society organised in such a way that it is impossible to escape from it, and whose rulers can exercise total authority, without constraints of separation of powers, over citizens who can no longer exercise their free will.
Post-apocalyptic:
A moment in time after a catastrophe that has devastated the Earth.
Darknets:
These are websites that cannot be accessed with an ordinary browser. They only function as gateways to the dark web, giving you access to a specific network. You can find both legal and illegal activities and sites on the dark web, as it is completely unregulated.
Web:
The World Wide Web, is a system operating on the Internet. The Web allows you to consult, with a browser, pages accessible on sites. There is a clear difference between the Internet and the Web.
Cookies:
A cookie is a file that records information about your computer's navigation on the website (e.g, number of visits, number of pages viewed, etc.) and is used to facilitate your visits to the site.
Infox:
Misleading or deliberately biased information, contributing to disinformation.
Hydrogene:
Hydrogen is a very light gas with the chemical formula H2. It is highly flammable, odourless, colourless, non-toxic and non-corrosive.