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The following table defines various terms:

TermDefinition
collectionA folder for a program, study, or asset. A program collection can have one or more study collections within it. Similarly, a study collection can have one or more asset collections within it.
collection pathThe unique location of each collection.
metadataAttribute values associated with your data in the archive. Metadata describe the data, such as the date and origin of creation, its contents, its condition, its processing, or its associations to other objects. Metadata can make data searches faster, more specific, and also enable and promote data sharing among scientists. The system automatically generates some metadata for each collection or file in the archive. Some data might also have custom (user-defined) attributes. 
attributeA field for a piece of information that helps to describe your data.
data fileA file that will be or has been uploaded to MoDaC. It can be a single file or a compressed file.
data file pathThe unique location of each data file.
GlobusA system that performs transfer of large files. For instructions, refer to Preparing to Use Globus.
AWS S3Amazon Simple Storage Service.  
Google DriveA file storage service.
endpointA destination that represents a location on a file transfer service server.
UUIDThe Universally Unique Identifier for a data entity.
uploadTransfer collections, files, and metadata from another system (such as your local system, Globus, AWS S3, Google Drive, or Google Cloud) to MoDaC.
downloadTransfer collections and files from MoDaC to another system (such as your local system, Globus, AWS S3, Google Drive, or Google Cloud).
assetA type of collection. Assets include datasets and models.
datasetAn asset collection that contains only data.
modelAn asset collection that contains a software model, and may also contain data. 

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