diff --git a/Glossary-of-Terms.md b/Glossary-of-Terms.md index 279d179..32925e4 100644 --- a/Glossary-of-Terms.md +++ b/Glossary-of-Terms.md @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +**Assembly** + An assembly is a file that is automatically generated by the compiler upon successful compilation of every . NET application. It can be either a Dynamic Link Library or an executable file. It is generated only once for an application and upon each subsequent compilation the assembly gets updated. + +**Device** +A base class, defined in the PepperDash.Core library (`PepperDash.Core.Device`). It can represent a physical device, or a virtual device or behaviour. Generally, most new classes defined in the Essentials ecosystem should derive from Device. + +**DeviceManager** +A static class (`PepperDash.Core.Essentials.DeviceManager`) that contains an unordered collection of Devices. Devices are added/registered to the DeviceManager and later can be retrieved as references by Key. + **Essentials Application** A Crestron SIMPL# Pro application that is made up of the Essentials Framework and any optionally any number of Essentials Plugins @@ -7,15 +16,8 @@ The collection of core libraries that make up the framework **Essentials Plugins** SIMPL# Pro libraries that reference the Essentials Framework and are loaded at runtime to add or extend functionality -**PepperDash.Core** -A SIMPL# utility library referenced by Essentials Framework. - -**Assembly** - An assembly is a file that is automatically generated by the compiler upon successful compilation of every . NET application. It can be either a Dynamic Link Library or an executable file. It is generated only once for an application and upon each subsequent compilation the assembly gets updated. - -**Device** -A base class, defined in the PepperDash.Core library. It can represent a physical device, or a virtual device or behaviour. Generally, most new classes defined in the Essentials ecosystem should derive from Device. - **IKeyed** An important interface defined in PepperDash.Core that requires a string property named Key, whose value must be unique. +**PepperDash.Core** +A SIMPL# utility library referenced by Essentials Framework. \ No newline at end of file