# Glossary of terms added to docs **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 15, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336 "2012-04-15T19:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336/1 "2012-04-15T19:16:28Z")
Hi all I've added a glossary of common terms that might be useful to new ElasticSearch users: [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/appendix/glossary.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/appendix/glossary.html) I don't think my definitions are particularly good, so improvements and additions are welcome. thanks Clint -- Web Announcements Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 05608868, with registered address at 10 Arvon Road, London, N5 1PR. ---
**Author:** ![AEvar\_Arnfjord\_Bjarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aevar_arnfjord_bjarm/32/2746_2.png) [@AEvar\_Arnfjord\_Bjarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AEvar_Arnfjord_Bjarm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336/2 "2012-04-15T21:31:33Z")
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 21:16, Clinton Gormley [clint@traveljury.com](mailto:clint@traveljury.com) wrote: > I've added a glossary of common terms that might be useful to new > Elasticsearch users: > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/appendix/glossary.html) > > I don't think my definitions are particularly good, so improvements and > additions are welcome. I was going to send you a patch describing how "token" and "tokenization" relates to Elasticsearch, which is a question I've been asked about it in the past. When you analyze something you're taking full text and turning it into terms. Is "analysis" and "term" synonymous with "tokenization" and "token" as it's commonly used in some other parsing libraries, or is there some distinction. I vaguely recall that "term" might be a token with additional metadata, i.e. "Foo Bar" is not only tokenized into ["foo", "bar"] but terms that have metadata about start/end positions, is that accurate? ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336/3 "2012-04-16T10:12:43Z")
Hiya Avar > I was going to send you a patch describing how "token" and > "tokenization" relates to Elasticsearch, which is a question I've been > asked about it in the past. > > When you analyze something you're taking full text and turning it into > terms. Is "analysis" and "term" synonymous with "tokenization" and > "token" as it's commonly used in some other parsing libraries, or is > there some distinction. I think it is the same thing - and yes, we should probably mention 'tokenization' as well. > I vaguely recall that "term" might be a token with additional > metadata, i.e. "Foo Bar" is not only tokenized into ["foo", "bar"] > but terms that have metadata about start/end positions, is that > accurate? In the glossary, I'm aiming for "broadly true", rather than absolute truth. The idea is that it gives a simple definition, enough to allow a newbie to orient themselves, without overloading them with all the specifics. ta clint ---
**Author:** ![Iftekharul\_Haque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@Iftekharul\_Haque](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Iftekharul_Haque)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336/4 "2012-04-16T20:06:40Z")
Apologies in advance if this has been covered, I must have missed it: is there a corresponding github repository we can send pull requests to if we had patches? - Ifty. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Clinton Gormley [clint@traveljury.com](mailto:clint@traveljury.com) wrote: > Hiya Avar > > > I was going to send you a patch describing how "token" and > > "tokenization" relates to Elasticsearch, which is a question I've been > > asked about it in the past. > > > > When you analyze something you're taking full text and turning it into > > terms. Is "analysis" and "term" synonymous with "tokenization" and > > "token" as it's commonly used in some other parsing libraries, or is > > there some distinction. > > I think it is the same thing - and yes, we should probably mention > 'tokenization' as well. > > > I vaguely recall that "term" might be a token with additional > > metadata, i.e. "Foo Bar" is not only tokenized into ["foo", "bar"] > > but terms that have metadata about start/end positions, is that > > accurate? > > In the glossary, I'm aiming for "broadly true", rather than absolute > truth. The idea is that it gives a simple definition, enough to allow a > newbie to orient themselves, without overloading them with all the > specifics. > > ta > > clint ---
**Author:** ![AEvar\_Arnfjord\_Bjarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aevar_arnfjord_bjarm/32/2746_2.png) [@AEvar\_Arnfjord\_Bjarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AEvar_Arnfjord_Bjarm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336/5 "2012-04-16T20:57:21Z")
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 22:06, Iftekharul Haque [iftekharul.haque@gmail.com](mailto:iftekharul.haque@gmail.com) wrote: > Apologies in advance if this has been covered, I must have missed it: > is there a corresponding github repository we can send pull requests > to if we had patches? [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.github.com](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.github.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/glossary-of-terms-added-to-docs/7336/6 "2017-07-06T03:32:24Z")
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