Glossary

Words and their meanings for a uniform understanding. The meanings are focused on the project's context.

Technical Term

• API: an interface to the core application which the website communicates with.
• Website: the user-facing application that pulls data from the API.
  • Website back-end: the BTS stuff that powers the website; NodeJS, Express.
  • Website front-end: the front-facing structure of the website; HTML, CSS, JS.

Architecture

• Database Server: a server which provides database services to the application servers.
• Application Server: a server which provide application services to the web servers.
• Web Server: a server which serves the website to clients.
• Client: a host which runs the website on a browser.

Actor

• Guest: a user who is not logged in.
• Reserver: a user who desires to request a space reservation.
• Admin: a user who has a permission to manage rooms, roles and permissions.
• Approver: a user who has a permission to approve and reject requests.

Activity

• Request: an action made by client, asking for a reservation
• Reservation: an arrangement whereby a space is reserved within a range of time
• Space: a room or an area