1. ========

  2. Glossary

  3. ========

  4. 

  5. .. glossary::

  6. 

  7.     concrete model

  8.         A non-abstract (:attr:`abstract=False

  9.         <django.db.models.Options.abstract>`) model.

  10. 

  11.     field

  12.         An attribute on a :term:`model`; a given field usually maps directly to

  13.         a single database column.

  14. 

  15.         See :doc:`/topics/db/models`.

  16. 

  17.     generic view

  18.         A higher-order :term:`view` function that provides an abstract/generic

  19.         implementation of a common idiom or pattern found in view development.

  20. 

  21.         See :doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index`.

  22. 

  23.     model

  24.         Models store your application's data.

  25. 

  26.         See :doc:`/topics/db/models`.

  27. 

  28.     MTV

  29.         "Model-template-view"; a software pattern, similar in style to MVC, but

  30.         a better description of the way Django does things.

  31. 

  32.         See :ref:`the FAQ entry <faq-mtv>`.

  33. 

  34.     MVC

  35.         `Model-view-controller`__; a software pattern. Django :ref:`follows MVC

  36.         to some extent <faq-mtv>`.

  37. 

  38.         __ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller

  39. 

  40.     project

  41.         A Python package -- i.e. a directory of code -- that contains all the

  42.         settings for an instance of Django. This would include database

  43.         configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific

  44.         settings.

  45. 

  46.     property

  47.         Also known as "managed attributes", and a feature of Python since

  48.         version 2.2. This is a neat way to implement attributes whose usage

  49.         resembles attribute access, but whose implementation uses method calls.

  50. 

  51.         See :class:`property`.

  52. 

  53.     queryset

  54.         An object representing some set of rows to be fetched from the database.

  55. 

  56.         See :doc:`/topics/db/queries`.

  57. 

  58.     slug

  59.         A short label for something, containing only letters, numbers,

  60.         underscores or hyphens. They're generally used in URLs. For

  61.         example, in a typical blog entry URL:

  62. 

  63.         .. parsed-literal::

  64. 

  65.             https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/apr/12/**spring**/

  66. 

  67.         the last bit (``spring``) is the slug.

  68. 

  69.     template

  70.         A chunk of text that acts as formatting for representing data. A

  71.         template helps to abstract the presentation of data from the data

  72.         itself.

  73. 

  74.         See :doc:`/topics/templates`.

  75. 

  76.     view

  77.         A function responsible for rendering a page.
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