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This topic lists words and abbreviations that are commonly used in the Grafana documentation and community.
| Dashboard | A set of one or more panels, organized and arranged into one or more rows, that provide an at-a-glance view of related information. |
| Data source | A file, database, or service providing the data. Grafana supports a several data sources by default, and can be extended to support additional ones through plugins. |
| Graph | A commonly-used visualization that displays data as points, lines, or bars. |
| Panel | Basic building block in Grafana, composed by a query and a visualization. Can be moved and resized within a dashboard. |
| Plugin | An extension of Grafana that allows users to provide additional functionality to enhance their experience. The types of plugins currently supported are:
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| Query | Used to request data from a data source. The structure and format of the query depend on the specific data source. |
| Time series | A series of measurements, ordered by time. Time series are stored in data sources and returned as the result of a query. |
| Visualization | A graphical representation of query results. |
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