# Glossary

 

This is a glossary of both Vespa-specific terminology, and general terms useful in this context.

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- **Application**

- **Attribute**

- **Boolean Search**

- **Cluster**

- **Component**

- **Configuration Server**

- **Container**

- **Content Node**

- **Control Plane**

- **Data Plane**

- **Deploy**

- **Deployment**

- **Diversity**

- **Docker**

- **Document**

- **Document frequency (normalized)**

- **Document summary**

- **Document Processor**

- **Document Type**

- **Elasticity**

- **Enclave**

- **Embedding**

- **Estimated hit ratio**

- **Federation**

- **Field**

- **Fieldset**

- **Garbage Collection**

- **Grouping**

- **Handler**

- **Indexing**

- **Instance**

- **Namespace**

- **Nearest neighbor search**

- **Node**

- **Parent / Child**

- **Partial Update**

- **Posting List**

- **Quantization**

- **Query**

- **Ranking**

- **Schema**

- **Searcher**

- **Semantic search**

- **Service**

- **Streaming search**

- **Tenant**

- **Tensor**

- **Visit**

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