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