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<h1>Glossary</h1>
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<dt><strong>administrator</strong></dt>
<dd>In Nimbul, there are several types of administrators: system administrators, provider account administrators and cluster administrators. For more information, see <a href="user_accounts/user_account_permissions_roles.html">Permissions and Roles</a>.</dd>
<dt><strong>cluster</strong></dt>
<dd>A set of servers that are grouped together for easier management. Clusters allow you to “slice” your cloud accounts to suit particular functions or user groups. You can define various server profiles in each cluster. See <a href="servers_clusters/index.html">Clusters and Servers</a>.
<dt id="object"><strong>object</strong></dt><dd>A type of system information or data in Nimbul, such as a server, a cluster or a provider account. See the <a href="getting_started/object_hierarchy.html">object hierarchy</a>.</dd>
<dt id="provider_account"><strong>provider account</strong></dt><dd>A cloud computing account, such as an Amazon EC2 account. Compare <a href="#user_account"><em>user account</em></a>.</dd></dd>
<dt><strong>publisher</strong></dt>
<dd>A configuration for creating summaries of various provider account information, such as <span class="caps">DNS</span> host files and server scripts. See <a href="provider_accounts/provider_publishers.html">Publishing Account Information</a>.</dd>
<dt><strong>security group</strong></dt>
<dd>A set of firewall rules that can be applied to a server profile. Each server profile has a default security group; additional groups can be specified as needed.</dd>
<dt><strong>server</strong></dt>
<dd>In Nimbul, a server may be (1) a <a href="servers_clusters/index.html">profile in a cluster</a>, used to start instances and manage <span class="caps">DNS</span>, server operations and tasks (this is the most common use of the term in this documentation); (2) an <a href="provider_accounts/provider_managing.html#configure">image</a> (<span class="caps">AMI</span>) used by a provider account; (3) a <a href="system_admin/index.html">service</a> exposed to parts of your infrastructure.</dd>
<dt><strong>server task</strong></dt>
<dd>A server task consists of an operation and schedule. Operations, such as MySQL snapshots, are scheduled to run periodically or at a specific time. Server tasks are defined on the <a href="servers_clusters/servers_managing.html#configure">server details page</a>.</dd>
<dt><strong>service</strong></dt>
<dd>An external or internal service provider that you need to expose to the rest of your infrastructure (e.g., DynDNS). See <a href="system_admin/index.html">Admin Controls</a>.
<dt id="user_account"><strong>user account</strong></dt> <dd>A Nimbul account, consisting of a Nimbul user name, password, public key and set of access rules. Compare <a href="#provider_account"><em>provider account</em></a>.</dd></dd>
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<p>Nimbul helps you manage your work in the cloud.</p>
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<p><strong>Version 1.0</strong><br />
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