Atlas

Glossary

Definitions of the terms used across the knowledge base.

A

  • APIalso: APIs

    A set of endpoints your code calls to read and write data programmatically.

C

  • CLI

    Command-line interface — drive the product straight from your terminal.

E

  • endpointalso: endpoints

    A single URL in the API that performs one specific operation.

I

  • integrationalso: integrations

    A connection between Atlas and another system, built against its API.

R

  • rate limitalso: rate limits, rate-limit

    A cap on how many requests you can make in a given window of time.

S

  • SDKalso: SDKs

    A software development kit — libraries that wrap the API for a specific language.

W

  • webhookalso: webhooks

    An HTTP callback the platform sends to your server when an event happens.