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school server: a machine at each school that works as an access point and provides
serverless peer-to-peer: a wayof providing peer-to-peer sharing of data via peer-to-peer connectivity, from one XO to another.
XS server: see school server

infrastructure: sometimes used to describe traditional network connectivity, with an access point
mesh: see mesh layer
mesh view (AKA neighborhood view): A view of who is sharing the mesh network with you. See sugar terms
mesh layer: a layer that can run over peer-to-peer, over infrastructure, etc.
peer-to-peer: see serverless peer-to-peer
presence
tubes: tubes runs over the mesh and over traditional infrastructure.

dual-tone: the two-color nature of the icon on the outside of the laptop; one color or tone for the o and the other for the x

Activity: a sugarized application that can have an icon in the taskbar
dual-tone: see terms for the outer case
home view: a view of what activities you are running, and how much memory they take. the starting view on the laptop
mesh view: a view of who is sharing the network with you (mesh or otherwise) and what activities are being shared there.
taskbar: the bottom bar of the frame

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 ;infrastructure: sometimes used to describe traditional network connectivity, with an access point
 ;mesh: see ''mesh layer''
-;mesh view: A view of who is sharing the mesh network with you.  See ''sugar terms''
+;mesh view (AKA neighborhood view): A view of who is sharing the mesh network with you.  See ''sugar terms''
 ;[[mesh layer]]: a layer that can run over peer-to-peer, over infrastructure, etc.
 ;peer-to-peer: see ''serverless peer-to-peer''