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§ Glossary

  database

Software that manages a structured, organized collection of information (data), stored electronically, designed for efficient storage, retrieval, management, and updating of information. It is also common to refer to the actual data in the database as the database.


  dogfooding

Dogfooding is the practice of using one's own products, software, or services.


  genealogy

A line, or lines, of descent traced continuously through multiple generations from an individual. We provide both forward and backward tracing here. Our genealogy also incorporates multiple types of other records, when available, to flesh out each individual's life and history. This includes individualized custom timelines as long as the birth year is known.


  python

python 3 is a powerful, modern and up-to-date, open-source interpreted language used very broadly in writing computer software.


  sqlite

sqlite is an open-source database engine that is fully integrated into the python language.


  timeline

A timeline, as implemented here, is a list of carefully curated historical events keyed to the lifespans of the individuals, buildings, ships and so forth in the genealogy database. The timeline database used here is the same one used to generate custom timelines on ourtimelines.com.


  tree

This is an ancestral diagram of those known for the preceding three generations. It can be used to directly go to any individual in the tree.


  wtfm

wtfm is an open-source documentation system capable of building websites, manuals, novels, reports and so on.


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