# Synonyms

Over the years, The Orchard has introduced terminology and then renamed/transitioned to using other words. This is a friendly reminder of commonly referred to synonyms:

## Applications

### ALW = WS = Workstation

These all refer to the site that our clients log into: workstation.theorchard.com

### OA = Orchadmin

These all refer to our internal CMS: oa.theorchard.com

### dd = direct delivery = vector

These all refer to our "Very Efficient Conduit to Our Retailers" system. It is responsible for encoding and delivering content to stores.

### VAPI = vectorapi = api \(repo\)

These all refer to our monolith API.

### webservice vs webservices

webservice != webservices

* webservice refers to asset info \(from direct\_delivery\)
* webservices refers to metadata from the orchard repo, but this is not equivalent to the metadata repo.

### Grass vs GRAS

Grass != GRAS

* grass = ows-grass is our authentication proxy.
* GRAS, however, is Sony's system for tracking content.

### Assets vs Images vs Static Assets

assets.theorchard.com != images.theorchard.com

* assets.theorchard.com refers to our server that performs Bulk Upload of contents
* images.theorchard.com refers to our server that serves vendor logos, product images, film posters, etc.

images.theorchard.com != cdn.theorchard.io

* cdn.theorchard.io is our CDN for static assets \(js, css, and static images\).

### ReportsAR != ReportCzar

This is a replica of our monolith MySQL database server. This contains multiple database schemas, including `art_relations`.

In speech, it is regularly called "ReportCzar". In actuality, it should be referred to as "Reports A. R.".

\(In case you didn't pick up on it, the `A. R.` in the name refers to `art_relations`.\)

## Concepts

### DMS = DMS Master = Digital Master Service = Customer Master Master

This refers to a store that sells our product - e.g. iTunes. This is not to be confused with iTunes UK.

This is overloaded to additionally support:

* Performance rights societies
* Physical distributors
* Variants in stores, such as by content. An example is YouTube vs YouTube Art Tracks/YouTube Subscription.

### DMS Customer = Customer Master

This refers to a store-territory combination - e.g. iTunes UK. This is not to be confused with iTunes.

### Release = Product

### Territories = Countries

## Misspells

These misspells are so deeply entrenched in our code base that while we acknowledge that they are atrocious, they are very hard to safely resolve.

* abbreviation: abbrivation - note that we have also introduced `country.country_code` to deprecate `country.abbreviation`.
* quarterly: quaterly; quartely