vii. Hardware & Concepts

ABSORPTIVE LAYER 3

Agentic Native

Conceptual internet architecture proposal positing an absorptive layer between transport and application that handles intelligence-mediated content negotiation natively.

Documented

What it is

Conceptual internet architecture proposal positing an absorptive layer between transport and application that handles intelligence-mediated content negotiation natively. Treats agentic traffic as a first-class network citizen rather than HTTP-shaped contortion.

Active concept piece.

Where it sits

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