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title: "Glossary"
date: 2020-05-04T12:35:00+01:00
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In the context of this extension and oCIS in general, we are using the following terminology.

### Configuration

- System configuration
- e.g. service host names and ports
- Changes need to be propagated to other services
- Typically modified on the CLI

### Settings

- Application level settings
- e.g. default language
- Can be modified at runtime without restarting the service
- Typically modified in the UI

### Preferences

- User settings
- Subset of "Settings"
- e.g. preferred language of a user

### Settings Bundle

- Collection of related settings
- Registered by an oCIS extension

### Settings Value

- Manifestation of a setting for a specific user
- E.g. used for customization (at runtime) in `ocis-web`
- `ocis-web-settings` extension for modifying settings values is provided by this service
- Can be queried and modified by other oCIS extensions
