Glossary
APISENSE terms are based on apicultural terminology, this document aims to describe the terms we use.
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Bee: A mobile user, actively and remotely collecting data for APISENSE.
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Crop: An experiment written aiming to collect data from our Bees. It uses Stings and Darts to describe the collected data.
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Dart: An action provider or helper for Crops (e.g. form, crypto, log, …). (currently technically identical to Stings)
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Dashboard: The central server on which the Scientists push
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Hive: The server registering available Crops, waiting for our Bees to choose among them which to collect for.
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Honeycomb: The data collection server to which our Bees will report their Crops results.
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Scientist: Dashboard user writing Crops and managing Honeycombs.
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Sting: A sensor available in APISENSE, able to return data to our scientists via their Crops. (currently technically identical to Darts)