hyperconnectivity
Hyperconnectivity is a term that describes the high-tech communications of the 21st century, primarily facilitated by the internet. It encompasses various forms of communication such as radio, TV, phone and video calls, texting, email, blogs, forums, chat rooms, instant messaging, and social media, as well as access to corporate data. The smartphone has been a significant catalyst in this regard, connecting more people to more things than any other electronic device[1].
The term was coined by Canadian social scientists Anabel Quan-Haase and Barry Wellman, arising from their studies of person-to-person and person-to-machine communication in networked societies. Hyperconnectivity refers to the use of multiple means of communication, such as email, instant messaging, telephone, face-to-face contact, and Web 2.0 information services[2].
Hyperconnectivity is also a trend in computer networking, where all things that can or should communicate through the network will do so. This includes person-to-person, person-to-machine, and machine-to-machine interactions. The newly connectable devices range from mobile devices such as PDAs, MP3 players, GPS receivers, and cameras, to an ever-wider collection of machines including cars, all equipped with embedded wireline or wireless networking capabilities[2].
In the context of digital environments, hyperconnectivity is used to define the connectivity between digital data and devices, all of them related to each other through the internet. In our daily lives, examples of hyperconnectivity include being able to control from the mobile, the television, the air conditioning, or the washing machine[4].
In the mathematical field of topology, a hyperconnected space or irreducible space is a topological space that cannot be written as the union of two proper closed sets. No two nonempty open sets are disjoint in a hyperconnected space. Every nonempty open set is dense in a hyperconnected space[5][6].
In summary, hyperconnectivity refers to the maximum level of connection between humans and machines through devices, social networks, and various platforms. It encompasses instant connection between all entities, including person-to-person, person-to-machine, machine-to-machine, and platform-to-platform connections[7].
Citations:
[1] https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/hyperconnected
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperconnectivity
[3] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/hyperconnectivity
[4] https://www.atriainnovation.com/en/hyperconnectivity-how-it-affects-us-in-the-day-to-day/
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperconnected_space
[6] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperconnected
[7] https://news.cafe24.com/global/what-is-hyperconnectivity/
[8] https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/foundational-theory/50688