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Reference

Words and symbols used here

Public pages should make sense without this reference. When a specialist word is useful, its ordinary-language meaning appears here and should also be introduced near its first use.

Words and abbreviations

Apocrypha
A name. This public site does not define who Apocrypha is or speak on their behalf. Something is presented as theirs only when the authorship is clearly stated.
CSSL
Short for Conscious Substrate System Language. It is a programming language: a written language used to give a computer instructions.
CSLv3
Version 3 of CSL. It is a compact notation for recording relationships, evidence, uncertainty, decisions, and rules.
LoA
Short for Labyrinth of Apocalypse, an unfinished game project.
Alpha or early test build
An unfinished version released so people can try it and report problems. Features may be missing or change later.
Account and session
An account is the identity used to sign in. A session is the temporary signed-in connection kept by a browser until it ends or is revoked.
Diagnostics
Information used to find and fix a problem, such as an error message or a page-speed measurement.
Telemetry
Diagnostic information that software sends automatically to another computer. On this site, optional telemetry is called optional site data and is off until a visitor saves a sharing choice.
Local
Running or stored on the computer in front of you instead of on a remote computer reached through the internet.
Self-hosted
Run on computers controlled by the person or organization operating the software, rather than handed to a separate hosted service.
API
Short for application programming interface. It is a documented way for one piece of software to request information or an action from another.
Runtime
The part of a program that is active while the program is running.
Compiler
Software that translates source code written by a person into a form a computer can run.
Language model
Software trained on text so it can work with language, such as continuing, classifying, or generating text.
DRM
Short for digital rights management. It is software that restricts how a digital product can be copied, opened, or used.
EULA
Short for End-User License Agreement. It states the terms under which someone may install or use a piece of software.
Open source and proprietary
Open-source software makes its source code available under a license that permits stated forms of use and change. Proprietary software is distributed under more limited terms set by its owner.
Permission or capability
An explicit grant that allows a particular action. In technical pages, capability may refer to a permission represented in code.
Provenance
A record of where information or an artifact came from and how it changed.
Substrate
In Apocky project documents, this means a shared technical foundation used by several systems. It is a project-specific design term, not a claim that every visitor must accept.

Symbol key

General public pages avoid these symbols. They may still appear in clearly marked technical specifications or code examples.

§
Section. It marks the start of a named part of a technical document.
¬
Not or no. For example, “¬ harm” means “no harm.”
t∞
Intended to remain true for the lifetime of the system. Technical specifications call this an invariant.
✓
Available or verified in the specific context where it appears.
◐
Partly complete or still in progress.
○
Planned, not yet available, or not yet verified.
‼
Important warning or requirement.
→
Leads to, produces, or points toward.
Σ
The Greek capital letter sigma. In “Σ-mask,” it names a project-specific permission design.
ω
The Greek lowercase letter omega. In “ω-field,” it names a project-specific data design.