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Terms used throughout the user help.

== Application and workspace ==
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! Term !! Meaning
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| Document || Engineering data with a persistent identity and a path once saved.
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| View/tab || A presentation of a document, script or plot in the central area.
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| Active document || The engineering document targeted by document-scoped commands; check context before editing.
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| Workbench || A graphical command environment such as Start or Python; switching does not close shared views.
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| Plugin/extension || A package contributing code, services or UI; it can be native, Python or mixed.
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| Macro/script || Python source executed by the embedded host.
|}

== Data and identity ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Term !! Meaning
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| Label || A human-readable display name.
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| Internal name || A document-scoped unique identifier-style name, distinct from label and object ID.
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| Object ID || Persistent object identity used by references.
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| Material number || A display/organizational material number; renumbering is not a new object identity.
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| Property || A typed value or supported expression associated with an object.
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| Derived value || A result calculated from inputs, not an independently editable contradictory input.
|}

== Quantities and computation ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Term !! Meaning
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| Quantity || A physical value with a dimension; canonical values are stored in SI.
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| Unit profile || Presentation preferences for input/output units and number formatting.
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| Formula || Restricted unit-aware expression language.
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| Python expression || Trusted Python evaluated through the shared interpreter under explicit document rules.
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| Recompute || Evaluate dependencies through the available model services; not necessarily a solver run.
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| Validation || A check with a defined scope; material record validation is not design-code approval.
|}

== Files and availability ==
An unresolved link lacks its matching target in the available documents. An unavailable provider placeholder can retain data without supplying computation. A development host is an explicit developer authorization mode, not an application licence. See [[OpenSite/File formats]] and [[OpenSite/Licensing]].

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