> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.pixwel.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Glossary > Definitions of the core Pixwel terms — projects, assets, files, and the localization and distribution concepts around them. The terms used throughout Pixwel and these docs. | Term | Definition | | ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Project** | A single campaign — typically one film — owned by a studio. The top-level container for [assets and files](/features/projects/overview). | | **Asset** | One piece of creative within a project, such as the US trailer or the key art. Belongs to exactly one project and has many files. | | **File** | A real, downloadable resource — an encoded video, image, subtitle, or document. A specific localized or encoded version of an asset; always tied to a project, usually to an asset. | | **Asset type** | The category of an asset (for example a trailer or a TV spot). Can apply to all projects or be scoped to one. | | **Media type** | The broad kind of an asset: `video`, `image`, `document`, or `audio`. | | **Preview** | A lightweight, web-playable rendition of an asset used for reviewing inside Pixwel — distinct from the full-resolution deliverable file. | | **OV** | Original version — the source-language master (the original-language transcription and assets) that localized versions are derived from. | | **Translation** | The transcribed and translated text for an asset (subtitles, dialogue, graphics captions), used by translation memories. | | **Script** | The source-language (OV) text for an asset — continuity script, dialogue SRT, graphics SRT, and auto graphics — that translations and subtitling are built from. See [Scripts](/features/projects/scripts). | | **Subtitler** | Pixwel's built-in editor for translating, timing, and positioning subtitles, with translation memories, machine translation, and line-by-line source colors. See [Subtitler](/features/subtitler). | | **Provenance colors** | The Subtitler's color coding for where each line's text came from — **Custom** (green), **Memories** (violet), **Machine** (orange), or the unchanged original. See [Subtitler](/features/subtitler). | | **SRT** | SubRip — the widely-supported subtitle format: timed lines of plain text, no styling. Imported and exported by the [Subtitler](/features/subtitler#subtitle-formats). | | **ASS** | Advanced SubStation Alpha — a subtitle format that carries fonts, styling, and on-screen positioning. The Subtitler's styled-deliverable export format. See [Subtitler](/features/subtitler#subtitle-formats). | | **DNG** | Dialogue, narration, and graphics — the categories of content that may need localizing on a work request. | | **Usage** | How a deliverable may be used — **Broadcast**, **Online**, or **DCP**. Files on the [asset page](/features/projects/files) are grouped by usage, and permissions can be scoped per usage. | | **Version** | The revision state of an asset's files, selected on the [asset page](/features/projects/files) alongside language (for example *Final*). Determines which set of files you preview and download. | | **Language** | A localization language, identified by a three-letter code (for example `ENG`, `FRA`). Attached to files and previews. | | **Territory** | A geographic distribution region, with its own assigned languages and countries. Groups and permissions can be scoped by territory. Managed on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). Note: in everyday use "territory" often means the **[Regional Contact](/features/user-roles)** team responsible for a region, not the region itself. | | **Regional Contact** | The local team responsible for one territory on one project — commonly just called a **territory** (as in "the territory places an order"). A [group](/glossary) type and [user role](/features/user-roles). | | **Video standard** | The broadcast standard for a [territory](/glossary) — **PAL** or **NTSC** — set on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard) Territories tab. | | **Studio** | The top-level organization that owns projects, assets, and files (for example a film studio). | | **Group** | A set of users with a type (admin, studio department, regional contact, or vendor) and a set of permissions. Defines a user's role — see [User roles](/features/user-roles). | | **Permission** | A grant of specific capabilities (download, sharing, ingest, and so on) to a group, scoped by studio, territory, language, and usage. | | **Member** | A full user account that has completed registration and approval. | | **Guest** | A limited account invited to specific shares, with access to projects and shares only. | | **Two-factor authentication (2FA)** | An extra sign-in check — after your password, Pixwel emails a verification link to confirm it's you. Can be enforced per studio. See [Two-factor authentication](/features/security/two-factor-authentication). | | **Vendor** | A localization partner who fulfills and manages work requests. | | **Work request** | An order to produce localized versions of an asset (shown in the app as a **Localization Order**). Moves through phases until delivered and approved — see [Work requests](/features/work-requests). | | **Timeline** | The status history on a [work request](/features/work-requests) — each stage stamped with who acted and when, with deliverables, tags, and the reviewable offline shown inline. | | **Tag** | A label attached to a [work request](/features/work-requests), with optional special instructions, used to group and route the deliverables. | | **Cost Estimate** | The running total shown while building a [work request](/features/work-requests) on the Place Order page, reflecting the localization, usages, and options selected so far. | | **Share** | A set of assets made available to specific recipients, optionally including guests. | | **Embargo** | A time restriction on a file or preview that controls when it can be accessed or released. | | **Ingest** | The process of bringing source media into the platform — uploading a file and processing it into a platform file. See [Ingests](/features/ingests). | | **Encode** | A transcoding job that produces deliverable files from a source. | | **Direct download (HTTPS)** | The no-install fallback download — a standard browser transfer over HTTPS, used when no Aspera client is available. See [Direct Download (HTTPS)](/features/https-download). | | **Analytics** | A panel of charts on a [report](/features/reports) that visualizes the filtered data (for example orders over time, by day of week, and a day-and-hour heatmap). | | **AI Insights** | An on-demand, AI-generated analysis of a [report](/features/reports) — a few ranked, actionable findings drawn only from the data on screen. See [AI Insights](/features/ai-insights). | | **Admin Dashboard** | The administrator control center for managing studios, projects, languages, territories, asset types, users, groups, workflows, shares, permissions, and the catalog. See [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). | | **Coordinator** | The point of contact named on a [studio](/glossary), responsible for that studio's work. Set on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). | | **Preview watermark format** | A per-studio setting for how [previews](/glossary) are watermarked (for example *Full Screen Diagonal*). Configured on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). | | **Catalog** | The [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin/catalog) tab for bulk [embargo](/glossary) management — setting when files and previews become available and when they expire. | | **File prefix** | The short code (for example `ANEMONE`, `BUGONIA`) that begins every file name generated for a [project's](/features/projects/overview) deliverables, tying files back to their project. Set on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). | | **Filename part** | The token (for example `B-ROLL`, `ADSLICK`) an [asset type](/glossary) contributes to generated file names, identifying the kind of asset within the name. Set per asset type on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). | | **Archived** | A [project](/features/projects/overview) hidden from active lists without being deleted — its assets and history are preserved. Toggle between active and archived projects on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). | | **Digital Cinema Package (DCP)** | The packaging standard for theatrical cinema delivery. Each [language](/glossary) carries a **DCP code** used in DCP file naming, set on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard) Languages tab. | | **Offline** | A workprint or preview version of a deliverable sent for client approval — not the final file. The final files arrive when a [work request](/features/work-requests) reaches **Complete**. | | **Order Queue** | The staging area where you collect assets and settings for a [work request](/features/work-requests) before submitting. See [Placing & managing orders](/guides/placing-orders). | | **Order Wizard** | The step-by-step form for building a [work request](/features/work-requests) — language, territory, DNG options, deadline, tags, and deliverables. | | **Dedicated / Localized** | A fully localized deliverable: dialogue and narration **dubbed**, and graphics **completely replaced** with localized treatment — as opposed to subtitled or [OV](/glossary). See [Placing & managing orders](/guides/placing-orders). | | **Automated Localization** | On-demand, machine-assisted localization ordered on the Place Order page — subtitled (and graphics) or audio deliverables generated in minutes without a [vendor](/glossary). See [Automated Localization](/features/work-requests/automated-localization). | | **Autosub** | The self-service subtitling that powers [Automated Localization](/features/work-requests/automated-localization) — produces final subtitled files in minutes without a vendor; output is labeled `AUTOSUB`. See [Subtitling & translation](/guides/subtitling). | | **Machine translation** | AI/ML auto-translation of every cell in the subtitler, used as a starting point for subtitled orders. See [Subtitling & translation](/guides/subtitling). | | **Translation memory** | Stored translations from previous orders, automatically reused on exact-match lines (including shorter cuts of the same asset). | | **Translation approval** | An option requiring a territory user to review and approve a translator's work before production proceeds. See [Subtitling & translation](/guides/subtitling). | | **Contact list** | A reusable, saved group of recipients for [shares](/features/shares) — labeled **Custom Groups** in the UI. Managed in [Preferences](/features/preferences/custom-groups). | | **API token** | A personal access token that lets scripts and integrations call the Pixwel API with your account's full permissions. Created and revoked in [Preferences](/features/preferences/api-tokens). | | **Mounted drive (WebDAV)** | A beta way to mount Pixwel as a read-only network drive and browse studios, projects, assets, and files as folders — for syncing and automation. See [Mounted Drive (WebDAV)](/features/webdav). | | **Download Manager** | The panel listing your download history where you can pause, resume, cancel, and search transfers. See [Downloading files](/guides/downloads). | | **AE Collect** | Source material provided to Pixwel and passed straight to the localization vendor via shared Aspera accounts, in an `AE COLLECT` folder. See [Localization vendors](/guides/localization-vendors). | | **Translation fonts** | The fonts (face and point size) used to render a [language's](/glossary) text — separate sets for **subtitles** and for **localized graphics (GFX)** — configured per language, optionally per studio, on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard). |