DigitalOcean Glossary

App Spec

A YAML manifest that defines an app in App Platform.

Job

An unroutable container component in App Platform that runs a process to completion at a scheduled time.

Service

A routable container component in App Platform that runs server-side code.

Static Site

An App Platform component that consists only of a build process that produces static assets.

Worker

An unroutable container component in App Platform that runs server-side code.

Anchor IP

An IP address on a Droplet that reserved IPs can bind to.

Namespace

A collection of functions hosted on DigitalOcean Functions.

Package

A collection of DigitalOcean Functions within a project.

Project

A structured collection of files used to create Digitalocean Functions.

Machine Type

The hardware resources available for a Paperspace Machine.

Templates

Base images used to create Paperspace Machines.

1-Click App

A preconfigured image for Droplets or DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.

Add-On

A SaaS product provided by a third-party vendor through the DigitalOcean Marketplace.

doctl

The official command-line interface for the DigitalOcean API.

Resource

An instance of a DigitalOcean product.

Tag

A custom keyword you can associate with DigitalOcean resources.

Anchor IP

An IP address on a Droplet that reserved IPs can bind to.

Permission

The ability to perform an action on the DigitalOcean platform.

Role

A set of permissions granted to users on a team.

Scope

A permission that a user can grant to their API tokens.