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PointSav Encyclopedia — Glossary & Lexicon

📖 Glossary & Lexicon

This is the definitive, public-facing A-Z Lexicon for PointSav Digital Systems. It bridges standard industry terminology (layman terms) with our specialized 2030 Sovereign Infrastructure Doctrine.

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A

Administration Panel or System Administrator or Control Panel or System Preferences

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Administration Suite

AEC Community

Comunidad AEC

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction community, a key target audience for PointSav's digital twin and building management technologies.

AI Bots
Alfred P. Sloan
Apache Web Server
App – Building ID
App – Community
Applications
App – Workplace OS

Artificial Intelligence or AI

Inteligencia Artificial (IA)

The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.

Assignments

Audience Data

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Audit Trail
Authentication

B

Backup
Bare Metal Resources
Berkeley Software Distribution or FreeBSD
Big Tech or Big Tech Ecosystem or Ring Fence

Blockchain

Cadena de Bloques

A system in which a record of transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are maintained across several computers that are linked in a peer-to-peer network.

Book-Entry

Anotación en Cuenta

Electronic registration.

Bootable Disk Image

Building Connectivity

Conectividad del Edificio

Future-focused tech integration.

Building Router

Business Administration

Administración de Empresas

The process of managing a business or non-profit organization, so that it remains stable and continues to grow. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising business operations.

Business Software
Buying Program

C

Cascading Style Sheet or CSS

Hojas de Estilo en Cascada

A style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML. CSS is a cornerstone technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and JavaScript.

CCTV Data Collection

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Chart of Accounts

Cloud Computing

Computación en la Nube

The delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet ("the cloud") to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.

2030 Doctrine Context: Addressed by PointSav's Sovereign Infrastructure to eliminate vendor lock-in and structural dependency (Technofeudalism).

Collaborators
Command Line Interface
Commits
Community Members
Configuration

Console OS

SO de Consola

A lightweight, terminal-based operating system for managing and interacting with PointSav services and infrastructure.

Console OS – BIM
Console OS – Building Preferences
Console OS – F*Keys
Console OS – Input Machine
Console OS – Maps
Console OS – Marketplace

Console OS – Systems Administrator

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Contact Us

Container

Contenedor

A standard unit of software that packages up code and all its dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing environment to another. A Docker container image is a lightweight, standalone, executable package of software that includes everything needed to run an application: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and settings.

Container Orchestration – OS Level Virtualization
Container Orchestration – Platform for Containerized APPs
Content Creation

Content Management System (CMS)

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Contributors
Cookies
Cookies Notification
Cookies Preferences
Creative Design
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Customers

D

Data Entry

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Data Migration

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Decentralized Network

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Design System

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Design System Components

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Device-based Permissions

DevOps

DevOps

A set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops). It aims to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. DevOps is complementary with Agile software development; several DevOps aspects came from Agile methodology.

Digital Transformation

Transformación Digital

The process of using digital technologies to create new — or modify existing — business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet changing business and market requirements.

Digital Twin

Gemelo Digital

A virtual model designed to accurately reflect a physical object. In the context of PointSav, it refers to a digital replica of a building or other physical asset.

Disclaimer

Distributed Network

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Docker

Docker

A set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. Containers are isolated from one another and bundle their own software, libraries and configuration files; they can communicate with each other through well-defined channels.

Documentation
Downstream

E

e-Commerce
Economic Model
Edge Computing
Enterprise
Enterprise Resource Management (ERP)
Enterprise User
es in a Totebox Archive using Tantivy. Operates without a running database engine — the index is static and binary and can be searched on an air-gapped machine. Satisfies DARP compliance: data must be searchable without proprietary software.
.EXE

F

File System

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

.FIN
Financial Community

First-party Data

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Fog Computing
Fork
Freely Transferable
FreshRSS

G

Gamification
Geometric Security
Geo-Spatial

GitHub

GitHub

A provider of Internet hosting for software development and version control using Git. It offers the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git, plus its own features.

GitHub – PointSav
GitHub – WCP
Graphic Design

H

HTML

HTML

HyperText Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages.

I

Information Technology

Information Technology

Required for robust operations.

Infrastructure OS

SO de Infraestructura

The underlying operating system for managing hardware and network resources, providing a stable foundation for other PointSav services.

Installation Guide
IoT Connect
IoT Device Providers

IoT Devices

Dispositivos de IoT

Physical devices that connect to the internet to collect and share data. In the PointSav ecosystem, this includes sensors and other devices used to monitor and control building systems.

IoT Sensors
IT Support

J

Jawbone

K

Key Note Slides
Kubernetes

L

LaTeX
Leased Server Resources
Licensing Agreement
Local Administrators
Login
LoRa

M

Machine Authorization
MAN Files or MAN.txt
MariaDB
Marketing Directory
Markup Language
Mark Up Language
Media Assets

MediaKit OS

SO de MediaKit

An operating system designed for managing and distributing media assets, including the PointSav design system, marketing materials, and documentation.

MediaKit OS – Design System

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

MediaKit OS – Distribution
MediaKit OS – Hosting
MediaKit OS – Marketing

MediaKit OS – System Administration

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

MediaKit OS – Wiki
MediaWiki
Metadata

Microkernel Operating System

Microkernel

An operating system architecture where the kernel is as small as possible, with most services running in user space. This can improve security and stability.

Microservices
Micro Virtual Machines or Micro VM
Mobile Devices

N

Nano Virtual Machines or Nano VM

Network Admin OS

SO de Administración de Red

A specialized operating system for network administrators to manage and monitor network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and firewalls.

Newsfeed
Newswire Services

O

On-prem Resources
Open Source

Operating System

Sistema Operativo

The software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling peripherals.

OrchestrationOS

SO de Orquestación

The stateless logic and compute layer. Holds no data. Connects ConsoleOS terminals to one or more ToteboxOS archives and provides extended compute capacity for BIM rendering, GIS spatial analysis, SLM inference, and data warehouse operations. Required for multi-archive use cases — the monetisation boundary between free and proprietary tiers.

OrchestrationOS

OrchestrationOS

OrchestrationOS – BIM Server

Servidor BIM de OrchestrationOS

A component of OrchestrationOS responsible for managing and processing Building Information Modeling (BIM) data.

OrchestrationOS – Command Centre

Centro de Comando de OrchestrationOS

The central management interface for OrchestrationOS, providing a single point of control for all orchestrated services.

OrchestrationOS – Data Engine

Motor de Datos de OrchestrationOS

The data processing and storage component of OrchestrationOS, responsible for managing large datasets and providing data analytics capabilities.

OrchestrationOS – GIS Engine

Motor GIS de OrchestrationOS

A component of OrchestrationOS that provides Geospatial Information System (GIS) capabilities, including mapping, spatial analysis, and data visualization.

OrchestrationOS – IoT Connect

P

P1 – Input Machine

P2 – System Administration / Package Manager

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

P3 – Users
P4 – Interface
Package Manager
Pairing
Permissions
Personal Computer
Platform
PointSav
PointSav.com
PointSav Corporate Support Centre

PointSav Design System

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

PointSav Digital Systems

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

PointSav Documentation or PointSav Documentation Wiki
PointSav Landing Page

PointSav Private Network

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Privacy Policy

PrivateGit OS

SO de PrivateGit

An operating system for managing private Git repositories, providing a secure, self-hosted alternative to public Git hosting services.

Private Network

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Product Design
Products

PropertyArchive

PropertyArchive

A ToteboxOS archive for a physical property. Anchored to a Land Title PIN or legal address. Contains permits, lifecycle records, BIM drawings, IoT data, lease register, and maintenance history. Replaces legacy term RealPropertyArchive.

Property Management

Administración de Propiedades

Function of proprietary software.

Proprietary Technology
.PUB
Public Browser Delivery
Public Browser Delivery – BIM

Public Browser Delivery – Data Marketplace

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Public Browser Delivery – Input Machine
Public Browser Delivery – Maps

Public Cloud

Traditional off-premise infrastructure. In the 2030 Doctrine, this represents a structural dependency that Sovereign Infrastructure aims to mitigate.

Public Cloud Resources

Traditional off-premise infrastructure. In the 2030 Doctrine, this represents a structural dependency that Sovereign Infrastructure aims to mitigate.

R

README Files or README.txt
Real Estate Community

Real-Time Operating System

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Record Keeping

Mantenimiento de Registros

Function of proprietary software.

RSS Feeds
RSS Reader

S

Scaling

Second-party Data

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Service Design

service-extraction

service-extraction

The deterministic parser service. Strips proprietary formatting from inbound payloads and routes structured data to deterministic services and unstructured text to service-slm. Assigns transaction IDs for chain-of-custody tracing. Canonical long-term name replacing the legacy working name service-parser.

Service Providers
Services

service-search

service-search

The inverted index service. Provides rapid full-text retrieval across all files in a Totebox Archive using Tantivy. Operates without a running database engine — the index is static and binary and can be searched on an air-gapped machine. Satisfies DARP compliance: data must be searchable without proprietary software.

Smart Building

Edificio Inteligente

A building that uses technology to automatically control its operations, including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, security, and other systems.

Software
Source Code
Specialty Software
Stakeholders
Subdomain

Surveillance

Monitoring of user activity or system behaviour for security or analytical purposes. PointSav replaces third-party surveillance dependencies with zero-cookie first-party telemetry pipelines.

System Design

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

T

Tech Community
Technical Debt
Technical Lead

Technofeudalism

A term describing structural dependency on platform providers who control access to data and services. Cited as context for the vendor lock-in problem that PointSav is designed to resolve.

Technology Selection
Tenants
Terminal

Third-party Data

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Tokens
Topics
Topic Templates

Totebox Archive

Archivo Totebox

A self-contained, portable, and encrypted repository for data and applications, designed for long-term storage and secure access. Each Totebox Archive is a single file that can be stored on any storage medium.

Totebox Archive – Corporate
Totebox Archive – Metadata and FTP
Totebox Archive – Personnel
Totebox Archive – Property
Totebox Orchestration

Totebox OS

SO Totebox

The operating system that runs within a Totebox Archive, providing a secure environment for applications and services. It is designed to be lightweight and portable.

Totebox OS – BIM
Totebox OS – Bookkeeper
Totebox OS – Business
Totebox OS – Calendar
Totebox OS – Chat
Totebox OS – Conferencing
Totebox OS – eMail
Totebox OS – FTP

Totebox OS – IoT Data

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Totebox OS – IoT Device Library
Totebox OS – IoT Sensor Library
Totebox OS – Minutebook
Totebox OS – Parking Lots
Totebox OS – People
Totebox OS – Places
Totebox OS – Published Work
Totebox OS – Research
Totebox OS – RSS Feed

Totebox Services

Servicios Totebox

A suite of applications and services that run within the Totebox OS, providing functionality such as data storage, communication, and collaboration tools.

Type II Hypervisor

U

Unikernel

Unikernel

A specialized, single-address-space machine image constructed by using library operating systems. Unikernels are often smaller and more secure than traditional operating systems.

Upstream
Use Cases
User-centred

User Experience or Service Design or UX

Experiencia de Usuario (UX)

The overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.

User Guide

User Interface or Product Design or UI

Interfaz de Usuario (UI)

The means by which the user and a computer system interact, in particular the use of input devices and software.

Usernames and Passwords
Users

V

Virtualization

Virtual Machine or VM

Máquina Virtual (VM)

A software-based emulation of a physical computer. It has its own operating system and can run applications independently from the host machine.

W

Wallet
WCP Corporate Brochure or WCP Investor Presentation
WCP Corporate Wiki
WCP Landing Page
WCP Newsroom
WCP Projects Wiki
Web 3.0
What You See Is What You Get or WYSIWYG
White Paper Discovery Process
Wi-Fi

Windows Operating System

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.

Wireframes
WordPress

Workplace OS

SO de Workplace

A user-friendly, graphical operating system designed for everyday business-related tasks, providing a suite of productivity applications and a secure environment for users.

Workplace OS – Browser

Navegador de Workplace OS

The web browser integrated into Workplace OS, providing secure and controlled access to the internet and internal web applications.

Workplace OS – Calculator

Calculadora de Workplace OS

A basic calculator application included in Workplace OS for performing simple mathematical calculations.

Workplace OS – File Manager

Gestor de Archivos de Workplace OS

The file management application in Workplace OS, used for organizing, browsing, and managing files and folders.

Workplace OS – PDF Viewer

Visor de PDF de Workplace OS

An application for viewing PDF documents within the Workplace OS environment.

Workplace OS – Spreadsheet

Hoja de Cálculo de Workplace OS

A spreadsheet application in Workplace OS for creating and editing spreadsheets, performing calculations, and analyzing data.

Workplace OS – Word Processor

Procesador de Textos de Workplace OS

A word processing application in Workplace OS for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.

World Wide Web

Z

Zero-party Data

Standard IT infrastructure term, re-contextualized within PointSav's air-gapped and zero-execution routing topology.