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.. _glossary:
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Glossary
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.. glossary::
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field
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An attribute on a :term:`model`; a given field usually maps directly to
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a single database column.
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See :doc:`/topics/db/models`.
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generic view
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A higher-order :term:`view` function that provides an abstract/generic
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implementation of a common idiom or pattern found in view development.
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See :doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index`.
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model
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Models store your application's data.
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See :doc:`/topics/db/models`.
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MTV
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"Model-template-view"; a software pattern, similar in style to MVC, but
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a better description of the way Django does things.
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See :ref:`the FAQ entry <faq-mtv>`.
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MVC
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`Model-view-controller`__; a software pattern. Django :ref:`follows MVC
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to some extent <faq-mtv>`.
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__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller
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project
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A Python package -- i.e. a directory of code -- that contains all the
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settings for an instance of Django. This would include database
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configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific
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settings.
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property
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Also known as "managed attributes", and a feature of Python since
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version 2.2. This is a neat way to implement attributes whose usage
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resembles attribute access, but whose implementation uses method calls.
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See :func:`property`.
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queryset
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An object representing some set of rows to be fetched from the database.
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See :doc:`/topics/db/queries`.
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slug
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A short label for something, containing only letters, numbers,
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underscores or hyphens. They're generally used in URLs. For
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example, in a typical blog entry URL:
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.. parsed-literal::
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https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/apr/12/**spring**/
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the last bit (``spring``) is the slug.
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template
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A chunk of text that acts as formatting for representing data. A
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template helps to abstract the presentation of data from the data
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itself.
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See :doc:`/topics/templates`.
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view
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A function responsible for rending a page.
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