# Terminology

| Term              | Meaning                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| The Client        | You are The Client. You invite Your Customer to Consent to share data from their Accounting System. You can then consume this data using API.1.                         |
| Your Customer     | Your Customer can connect their Accounting Systems and share their data with The Client.                                                                                |
| Your Platform     | The public-facing or internal software system(s) you develop and use within your organization.                                                                          |
| Consent           | Consent is the link between Your Customer in Your Platform and the connection to their Accounting System through API.1.                                                 |
| Consent ID        | A Consent ID is a unique GUID generated when you create a Consent. You can then use it when inviting Your Customer to connect so that you can consume data using API.1. |
| Accounting System | An Accounting System is a software system that helps organizations automate and manage accounting for optimal performance.                                              |
| Client Portal     | This is where you can manage The Client - here you can manage the Onboarding Flow and API Key creation, for example.                                                    |
| Onboarding Flow   | This is the platform that Zwapgrid has developed to enable Your Customer to log in and connect to their Accounting System.                                              |
| API.1             | API.1 is the set of APIs that are used by The Client to access the data from the Accounting System that Your Customer uses.                                             |
| API Key           | The API Key is your access to API.1 APIs. You create and manage API Keys in the Client Portal.                                                                          |
| One-Time Code     | A unique code that is generated and used together with the Onboarding Flow, in order to ensure that only Your Customer can access a created Consent.                    |


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