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Glossary

An overview of the technical vocabulary that TypeStream documentation uses.

KeyValue​

Record​

record is how we call structured data that flows through streams in TypeStream.

Source​

A source represents a unique data platform (at the moment, it can only be a Kafka cluster) that TypeStream operates on.

For each configured source, there will be an equivalent entry in the virtual filesystem.

Stream​

A stream is an filesystem addressable source of data. TypeStream operates on streams

Types​

  • String
  • Avro
  • JSON
  • protocol buffer
  • number