# Glossary

> The vocabulary used across Tune.Toys.

Source: https://docs.tune.toys/glossary/ (updated 2026-11-01)

The core vocabulary comes from the product vision. More terms follow, alphabetically.

### Cable

A connection from one node's output port to another's input port. See [Cables and channels](https://docs.tune.toys/concepts/cables/).

### Entitlement

The server's record that your account may download a paid product.

### Help patch

A small Toy attached to a node page that teaches one idea. See [Nodes](https://docs.tune.toys/nodes/).

### Node

One processing unit in a Patch, such as a delay or an oscillator.

### Parameter

A named numeric value of a node or a Toy, with a range, default, unit and scale. A parameter exposed to a Frame is a **public control**.

### Port

A typed input or output of a node. Types are audio, control and event.

### Preset

A saved set of parameter values. See [Presets](https://docs.tune.toys/concepts/presets/).

### Product

A publisher's listed offering, with versions, offers, reviews and documents.

### Publisher

An account or team that owns products and a storefront at `@handle`.

### Storefront

A publisher's public page, designed from validated theme tokens.


## Core vocabulary

- **Toy**: The portable authored creation; can be a component or complete application
- **Patch**: Familiar editor/community term for a Toy graph, not a separate file model
- **Definition / group**: Reusable implementation with typed ports and public parameters
- **Instance**: One use of a definition with independent values, DSP state, and observations
- **Frame**: Explicit playable UI bound to one definition in an instance context
- **Project**: Editable Toy source and working assets/history
- **Release**: Immutable resolved content plus evidence and distribution terms
- **Catalog entry**: Mutable title/discovery/visibility metadata pointing to releases
- **Library**: A user's bookmarks, tags, ratings, acquisitions, and installed/cached releases
- **Player**: TuneToys plugin/application that loads Toys; not a general third-party plugin host
- **Independent plugin**: A compiled Toy exported under its own persistent plugin identity