Glossary

Overview

Terms used across the docs, SDK and console.

Terms

• App ID — public identifier of an app in a project
• App Secret — private key for your server; never ship it in an app
• Grant / access token — short-lived permission for one user in one room
• Room — a shared space users join to talk or watch
• Role — what a user may do: host, coHost, speaker, participant or audience
• Publisher / subscriber — sends / receives a media stream
• Seat — a speaking slot in a voice room
• SFU — the media server that forwards streams between users
• TURN — relay used when direct UDP is blocked
• Signaling — messages that coordinate a room (who joined, who speaks)
• Participant minute — one user connected for one minute; the billing unit
• Rate card — the current price list
• Webhook — an HTTPS call the platform makes to your server on events
• Revocation handle — server-side reference used to end a grant early

Source references

• apps/local-site/lib/product-status.ts