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Glossary
========
.. currentmodule:: telethon
.. glossary::
:sorted:
chat
A :class:`~types.User`, :class:`~types.Group` or :class:`~types.Channel`.
.. seealso:: The :doc:`../concepts/chats` concept.
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yourself
The logged-in account, whether that represents a bot or a user with a phone number.
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Raw API
Functions and types under ``telethon._tl`` that enable access to all of Telegram's API.
.. seealso:: The :doc:`../concepts/full-api` concept.
access hash
Account-bound integer tied to a specific resource.
Users, channels, photos and documents are all resources with an access hash.
The access hash doesn't change, but every account will see a different value for the same resource.
RPC
Remote Procedure Call.
Invoked when calling a :class:`Client` with a function from ``telethon._tl.functions``.
RPC Error
Error type returned by Telegram.
:class:`RpcError` contains an integer code similar to HTTP status codes and a name.
.. seealso:: The :doc:`../concepts/errors` concept.
session
Data used to securely connect to Telegram and other state related to the logged-in account.
.. seealso:: The :doc:`../concepts/sessions` concept.
MTProto
Mobile Transport Protocol used to interact with Telegram's API.
.. seealso:: The :doc:`../concepts/botapi-vs-mtproto` concept.
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HTTP Bot API
Telegram's simplified HTTP API to control bot accounts only.
.. seealso:: The :doc:`../concepts/botapi-vs-mtproto` concept.
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login
Used to refer to the login process as a whole, as opposed to the action to :term:`sign in`.
The "login code" or "login token" get their name because they belong to the login process.
sign in
Used to refer to the action to sign into either a user or bot account, as opposed to the :term:`login` process.
Likewise, "sign out" is used to signify that the authorization should stop being valid.
layer
When Telegram releases new features, it does so by releasing a new "layer".
The different layers let Telegram know what a client is capable of and how it should respond to requests.
TL
Type Language
File format used by Telegram to define all the types and requests available in a :term:`layer`.
Telegram's site has an `Overview of the TL language <https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL>`_.