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@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ This page details all of the common terms you may come across in the Dapr docs.
| Term | Definition | More information |
|:-----|------------|------------------|
| App/Application | A running service/binary, usually that you as the user create and run.
| Building block | A piece of functionality that Dapr provides to users to help in the creation of microservices and applications. | [Dapr building blocks]({{< ref building-blocks-concept.md >}})
| Component | A modular piece of functionality that make up, either by itself or with a collection of other components, a Dapr building block. | [Dapr components]({{< ref components-concept.md >}})
| Configuration | A YAML file declaring all of the settings for Dapr sidecars and the Dapr control plane. It is here where you can configure mTLS, tracing, and middleware. | [Dapr configuration]({{< ref configuration-concept.md >}})
| Building block | An API that Dapr provides to users to help in the creation of microservices and applications. | [Dapr building blocks]({{< ref building-blocks-concept.md >}})
| Component | Modular types of functionality that are used either individually or with a collection of other components, by a Dapr building block. | [Dapr components]({{< ref components-concept.md >}})
| Configuration | A YAML file declaring all of the settings for Dapr sidecars or the Dapr control plane. It is here where you can configure control plane mTLS settings, or the tracing, and middleware settings for an application instance. | [Dapr configuration]({{< ref configuration-concept.md >}})
| Dapr | Distributed Application Runtime. | [Dapr overview]({{< ref overview.md >}})
| Dapr control plane | A collection of services that are part of a Dapr installation on a hosting platform such as a Kubernetes cluster. Allow Dapr enabled applications to run on that platform and handles Dapr capabilities such as service discovery or sidecar injection. | [Self-hosted overview]({{< ref self-hosted-overview >}})<br />[Kubernetes overview]({{< ref kubernetes-overview >}})
| Self-hosted | Your local Windows/macOS/Linux machine where you run your applications with Dapr. Dapr provides capabilities to run on your machine in "self-hosted" mode. | [Self-hosted mode]({{< ref self-hosted-overview.md >}})
| Dapr control plane | A collection of services that are part of a Dapr installation on a hosting platform such as a Kubernetes cluster. Allow Dapr enabled applications to run on that platform and handles Dapr capabilities such as actor placement, Dapr sidecar injection or certificate issuance/rollover. | [Self-hosted overview]({{< ref self-hosted-overview >}})<br />[Kubernetes overview]({{< ref kubernetes-overview >}})
| Self-hosted | Windows/macOS/Linux machine(s) where you can run your applications with Dapr. Dapr provides capabilities to run on machines in "self-hosted" mode. | [Self-hosted mode]({{< ref self-hosted-overview.md >}})
| Service | A running application or binary. Can be used to refer to your application, or a Dapr application.
| Sidecar | A program that runs along side your application as a separate binary or pod. | [Sidecar pattern](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/sidecar)
| Sidecar | A program that runs alongside your application as a separate process or container. | [Sidecar pattern](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/sidecar)