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@kitpickles@universeodon.com the fediverse is the proper name for the network, mastodon is a piece of software that is part of the fediverse, the protocol itself is ostatus or activity pub and some other ones.

The major available server software is pleroma, misskey, mastodon, akkoma

They all send messages to each other, most have 3 timelines available for users “local/public” or something of the such which is just your server, “global/whole known network” or some other names which is messages from all servers your server sees, then your own timeline which is like people you follow, they can be on your server or other people’s servers