From d151454123ca20873534cfaa4c3fdd3870a49baf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karissa McKelvey Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 18:39:45 -0700 Subject: update the sidebar and tutorial (#59) * update sidebar and tutorial page * remove default page * add intro * update intro section * update top of install and fix links * key concepts * another attempt at intro * cheeky * update typos * typo * add joe's edits * fix intro with edits * fix links in intro * double header on terminology * move around, fix version control section --- docs/terms.md | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/terms.md') diff --git a/docs/terms.md b/docs/terms.md index a8aa52e..f0425ce 100644 --- a/docs/terms.md +++ b/docs/terms.md @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ # Terminology -## Dat Terms - Terms specific to the Dat software. ### dat, Dat archive, archive @@ -10,10 +8,6 @@ A dat, or Dat archive, is a set of files and dat metadata (see [SLEEP](#sleep)). When you create a dat, you're creating a `.dat` folder to hold the metadata and the dat keys (a public and secret key). -### Dat Link or Dat Key - -Identifier for a dat, e.g. `dat://ab3ed4f...`. These are 64 character hashes with the `dat://` protocol prefix. Anyone with the Dat link can download and re-share files in a dat. - ### Secret Key Dat links are the public part of a key pair. Users that have the secret key are able to write updates to a dat. @@ -82,7 +76,7 @@ The discovery key is a hashed public key. The discovery key is used to find peer A feed is a term we use interchangeably with the term "append-only log". It’s the lowest level component of Dat. For each Dat, there are two feeds - the metadata and the content. -Feeds are created with hypercore. +Feeds are created with hypercore. ### Metadata Feed -- cgit v1.2.3