Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the terms used across Acme Cloud.
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- API key
- A secret token that identifies your workspace when you call the REST API.
- Build
- Turning your source code into files that can be served.
- Build cache
- Files saved between builds so later deployments finish faster.
- Custom domain
- Your own address, like
app.example.com, pointed at a project.
- Deployment
- One build of your project, available at its own URL.
- Environment variable
- A setting such as a database URL, kept out of your code.
- Preview
- A deployment of a branch or pull request, separate from production.
- Production
- The deployment your visitors see on your main domain.
- Region
- The data center location where your project runs.
- Webhook
- An HTTPS request we send to your server when something happens.
- Workspace
- The home of a team: projects, members and billing.
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