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website: glossary feature (#2529)

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* web: quick fixes in glossary.md

* website: update header tags

* website: add glossary feature

* website: add & style the tooltips & glossary terms

* website: add overlay for glossary definition

* website: add list styling & update links

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Co-authored-by: Evgeny Poberezkin <2769109+epoberezkin@users.noreply.github.com>
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Centralized networks are provided or controlled by a single entity. The examples are Threema, Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram. The advantage of that design is that the provider can innovate faster, and has a centralized approach to security. But the disadvantage is that the provider can change or discontinue the service, and leak, sell or disclose in some other way all users' data, including who they are connected with.
## Content padding
## Content padding
[Message padding](#message-padding).
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In the context of SimpleX network, these are the identifiers generated by SMP relays to access anonymous messaging queues, with a separate identifier (and access credential) for each accessing party: recipient, sender and and optional notifications subscriber. The same approach is used by XFTP relays to access file chunks, with separate identifiers (and access credentials) for sender and each recipient.
## Peer-to-peer
## Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) is the network architecture when participants have equal rights and communicate directly via a general purpose transport or overlay network. Unlike client-server architecture, all peers in a P2P network both provide and consume the resources. In the context of messaging, P2P architecture usually means that the messages are sent between peers, without user accounts or messages being stored on any servers. Examples are Tox, Briar, Cwtch and many others.