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.. _glossary:

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Glossary
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.. glossary::

  Interface
    An attribute of a model object that determines its type.  It is an
    instance of a ``zope.interface`` Interface class. See 
    `the online documentation
    <https://zopeinterface.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ for more
    information.

  Setuptools
    `Setuptools <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
    builds on Python's ``distutils`` to provide easier building,
    distribution, and installation of packages.

  Virtualenv
    An isolated Python environment.  Allows you to control which
    packages are used on a particular project by cloning your main
    Python.  `virtualenv <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`_
    was created by Ian Bicking.

  ZCML
    XML-based configuration language used by Zope.

  ZMI
    Zope offers the ZMI (Zope Managment Interface) for managing your 
    Zope site through a browser. You can get to it by going to the 
    path ``/manage`` in your Zope site and logging in with credentials
    for a user with role ``Manager``.

  Zope
    `The Z Object Publishing Framework <http://zope.org>`_.  The granddaddy 
    of Python web frameworks.

  ZODB
    The `ZODB <http://www.zodb.org>`_ is the object database included in 
    Zope.

