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diff --git a/docs/terminology.rst b/docs/terminology.rst index 575cc0c808..cc6e6760ac 100644 --- a/docs/terminology.rst +++ b/docs/terminology.rst @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ medium-term goal we should encourage the unification of this terminology. Terms ===== +Backfilling: + The process of synchronising historic state from one home server to another, + to backfill the event storage so that scrollback can be presented to the + client(s). (Formerly, and confusingly, called 'pagination') + Context: A single human-level entity of interest (currently, a chat room) @@ -28,11 +33,6 @@ Event: [[NOTE(paul): The current server-server implementation calls these simply "messages" but the term is too ambiguous here; I've called them Events]] -Pagination: - The process of synchronising historic state from one home server to another, - to backfill the event storage so that scrollback can be presented to the - client(s). - PDU (Persistent Data Unit): A message that relates to a single context, irrespective of the server that is communicating it. PDUs either encode a single Event, or a single State |