| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| NashCQL | Our query language. ASCII, mistakable English. |
| OurSQL | The system. |
| kollektiv | A database. |
| uchastok | A schema inside a kollektiv. |
| tabl | A table. |
| spravka | An index. |
| narodkey | Primary key. |
| solidarity | Foreign key. |
| comrade | A principal (person or service). |
| komitet | A role / group that can NAGRAD. Also stamped on every bilet. |
| dossier | Session id (DOS-...). |
| samokrit | Written justification on a mutation. |
| gulag | Temporary rate-limit jail. |
| CHEKA | Expiring high-privilege verb set. |
| CONFISKAT | Logical quarantine. |
| OSVOBOD | Release a quarantine. |
| SOYUZ | Join, or collective commit. |
| PERESTROJ | DDL alter. |
| SKLAD | Storage engine. |
| OCHERED | Queue / OFFSET; also the OCHERED/1 wire protocol. |
| PODPIS | Signature on HELLO or a mutation. |
| intensity | 0..=100 bureaucracy knob. Default 25. |
| bilet | A capability ticket (BIL-...). Issued by NAGRAD. |
| deystv | Verbs on a bilet (OBTAN, INZRT, ...). |
| predel | Scope of a bilet: one tabl, or * for the kollektiv. |
| srok | Expiry of a bilet. CHEKA always has one. |
| uslov | Extra leash on a bilet (ration, max_rows, samokrit). |
| means of data hosting | Operators keep their own disks and pages. |