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+title: Glossary
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+#### blog
+Your Briar account has a built-in blog, where you can regularly write and share your thoughts. Your blog is automatically shared with your contacts, and their blogs are shared with you.
+
+#### bridge
+A Tor bridge is a relay (A publicly-listed node in the [Tor network](#tor) that forwards traffic on behalf of clients, and that registers itself with the directory authorities) run by volunteers. Unlike ordinary [relays](#relay), however, they are not listed publicly, so an adversary cannot identify them easily.
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+#### channel
+A communication channel refers to the methods used to communicate as well as the specific tools used in the communication process.
+
+#### client
+In Briar, a client is a device that sends a request to another device.
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+A client in the [Tor network](#tor) is a node, typically running on behalf of one user, that routes application connections over a series of [relays](#relay).
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+#### cloud
+"The cloud" refers to [servers](#server) that are accessed over the Internet, and the software and databases that run on those servers
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+#### decentralized
+A network is called decentralized when it doesn’t depend on a single entity, and thus does not pass through a central [server](#server)  where all of the resources are stored.
+
+#### Denial of Service (DoS) attack
+A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users.
+
+#### encryption
+The process of taking a piece of data and scrambling it into a secret code that can only be read by the intended recipient.
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+#### end-to-end encrypted
+Transmitted data which is [encrypted](#encryption) from origin to destination is called end-to-end encrypted.
+
+#### forum
+A forum is a group conversation where any member of a forum can invite new members. The forum exists until the last member of the forum leaves.
+
+#### GTK
+GTK is a free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Briar GTK is a desktop version of Briar build with GTK.
+
+#### IP address
+An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
+Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol.
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+#### mailbox
+A piece of software called a that will receive encrypted messages over [Tor](#tor) and store them until the owner collects them.
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+#### metadata
+A set of data that describes and gives information about other data.
+
+#### onion service
+Onion services (formerly known as “hidden services”) are services (like websites) that are only accessible through the [Tor network](#tor).
+
+#### peer-to-peer (P2P)
+There are different models for establishing a connection between two programs.
+One is called a [client](#client), and the other is a [server](#server).
+In general, the client program makes a request and the server responds to this request.
+It is an “asymmetrical” architecture which passes through a central server.
+
+Briar uses a symmetrical model called peer-to-peer (P2P), in which it is the responsibility of both programs to play the roles of both the client and the server.
+Giving each program both roles allows an anonymous exchange between them, without personal information passing through a [server](#server).
+
+#### Panic button
+Briar can be integrated with Ripple, a "panic button" app that triggers a "ripple effect" across apps that are set up to respond to panic events.
+
+#### private group
+A private group is a group conversation where only the group creator can invite new members. All other members must be contacts of the creator. The group gets dissolved when the creator leaves.
+
+#### protocol
+A communication protocol is a system of rules that allow two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information.
+
+#### QR code
+A QR (Quick Response) code is a type of matrix barcode. A QR code consists of black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by an imaging device such as a camera.
+
+#### reblog
+To post content on one [blog](#blog) that has previously been posted on another
+
+#### relay
+A publicly-listed node in the [Tor network](#tor) that forwards [traffic](#traffic) on behalf of [clients](#client).
+
+#### reveal contacts
+Revealing contacts is a way to make your connection to the group faster and more reliable because members can communicate with revealed contacts even when the creator of the group is offline.
+
+#### RSS feed
+An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed is an online file that contains details about every piece of content a site has published.
+
+#### server
+A device on a network that offers a service, such as file and web page storage, email or chat.
+
+#### Sharing status
+Any member of a forum can share it with their contacts. The sharing status is the relationship of members to each other. To see which contacts you have shared the forum with, select **Sharing Status** from any forum menu.
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+In group conversations, the hashtags (###) next to a contact's name represents their relationship to you.
+Three green hashes indicate a contact whom you added in person.
+Two orange hashes indicate a contact who was introduced to you, so you haven't directly verified their identity.
+One red hash indicates someone who is not a contact.
+
+#### sync
+Synchronization is the idea of keeping messages on different devices in coherence with one another.
+
+#### Tor
+Tor is free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication by directing Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network consisting of more than seven thousand [relays](#relay) in order to conceal a user's location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis.
+
+#### traffic
+Traffic is the data sent and received by [clients](#client) and [servers](#server).
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