# Product glossary

Consistent meanings for guides, discussions and AI prompts.

Audience: Everyone

Reviewed: 2026-11-05

Canonical path: /docs/glossary

## Account and workspace

Account: ownership/subscription boundary for billing, creators and shared allowances.

Workspace: collaboration context within an account, grouping apps and members; not a separate billing allowance.

## App and data

App: configured tables, views and behaviour. Table: records of one kind. Field: one attribute. Record: one stored item or row.

Key: stable record identifier. Display label: readable name, not necessarily the stored identifier.

## Views and relationships

View: presentation with layout, filtering and sorting. Record form: create/edit interface. Public form: separately published intake/questionnaire link.

Lookup: relationship to another record. Linked table: source-owned table accessed through an explicit grant.

## People

Creator: person with a seat permitting eligible creation. Internal member: account/team member. External app user: person granted selected app access rather than company administration.

App role: permissions inside an app. Account role: billing/team authority. Record access: which records can be seen or changed.

## Automation

Workflow: saved trigger, conditions and actions. AI-assisted workflow creation: drafting help, distinct from execution.

Approval request: proposed operation held for decisions before application. Snapshot/export: point-in-time copy. Synchronisation/delivery: transfer with feature-specific direction and update rules.

## Billing

App slot: capacity for a saved app, not an annual creation credit. Record allowance: active records physically owned across an app's tables. AI attempt: counted provider attempt; a request can involve several.

Annual billing: payment upfront for twelve months, with AI allowance still renewing monthly.

## Related guides

- [What AI Easy Apps does](/docs/overview)
- [Allowances and product boundaries](/docs/limits)
- [Business accounts, workspaces and creators](/docs/business-subscriptions)