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# Glossary

An index of the terms this guide uses, with a pointer to a definition for each.

## Overview

Overview Each entry gives a one-line orientation and links to the section that defines the term and describes it in full; the definition is on that page. Some concepts appear on both kinds of PCC node but take a different form on each, so the right page depends on the node type:  |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |  Requests and routing Nodes and node roles Releases and transparency Inference Apple silicon nodes Google Cloud nodes Applications Encodings Research and operations