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").