Project Glossary - teamshodan/GeoChan GitHub Wiki

Thread - A linked series of comments consisting of a single title, a root parent comment, and branching child comments.

Post - A comment within a thread. Consists of the text comment itself and relevant information (e.g. time the comment was made, username of the user who left the comment, coordinates of the user who left the comment, a photo attached to the comment, etc.).

OP - Shorthand for "original post". The root comment of the thread.

Username - What a user specifies as their name. Default username for everyone is "User"

Hash - Username is followed by a unique hash code based on the device id. e.g. bob#@!uf%h

Favourite - a Thread or a comment that the user specified as their favourite. This thread will be available for viewing offline on the user's device at any time.

GeoLocation - A physical location specified by the user. When making a new comment, the default location is the user's GPS coordinates.

Relevance - An option to sort threads by relevance is present in the app. "Relevance" is calculated by a function of proximity to the user and date the thread was created.

Proximity - Proximity of a comment is determined by the distance from the viewer's device.

Refresh - A user action which pulls and displays the latest and greatest comments/threads

Timestamp - A date in time when a thread/comment was created.

License - a legal instrument (usually by way of contract law, with or without printed material) governing the use or redistribution of software. This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license