About the Foundation for Public Code

Glossary

This index

Contents

  1. Glossary terms
  2. Requesting of adding a new term

The glossary serves to standardise the meaning of commonly used words and concepts in our communications.

Glossary terms

For the terms below we believe it is important that we have a clear definition of their meaning. If we use one of the following terms in any of our communications they will mean their definition in this glossary.

Requesting of adding a new term

If there is a term you are unsure about or you think should be in the glossary, please create an issue.

If you want to add a term, please follow the steps set out in the contributing guide and make a pull request. Please add the term in the correct alphabetical order. For example: * [Public code](publiccode.md) between Public administration and Public sector.