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Appendix B
Glossary
Client
Observer
Scientist
Administrator
Operator
Experiment
Log in
Log out
Observation
Payload
Tutorial
Application available to the end users of the system, used for logging
in to the server.
A person which can view observations of a certain experiment it has
rights to.
A person conducting experiments.
A person which maintains the system by managing user accounts,
satellites and their payloads, etc.
A person who can recover the system in case of a failure.
A schedule of commands providing interaction between scientists and
their samples.
The action of gaining access to the system by entering user name
and password.
The action of stopping communication with the server, after which
no information can be retrieved from the server.
Information gathered about sample. Examples are pictures, video or
temperature.
A piece of hardware in the satellite on which experiments can run.
A series of actions and information for the purpose of instruction for
any of a wide variety of tasks.
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