# GLOSSARY

- `canonical package name`: is the combination of a `package name` with an `endpoint` (example: `github:components/jquery`).
- `endpoint`: is platform where packets are hosted (`npm` or `github`).
- `override` or `override file`: is a `package.json` override file.
- `package name`: is the name of a package at some endpoint (example: `components/jquery` from `github` endpoint or `d3` from `npm` endpoint).
- `registry entry`: is just the mapping represented in the `registry.json` (example: `"jquery": "github:components/jquery"`).