I prefer to reference the pieces as:
Host - the primary system in which 1 or more components are installed
Component - a library of functions and/or forms which are focused on a specific
task
less confusing :)
and 4D references both of these terms at various points in their documentation
Chip
> Jody,
>
> Yes, that term took a while to get used to…
>
> It is basically just your 4D database that contains all the code,
> forms, etc that you are putting into your component.
>
> Components are matrix databases whose files are suffixed either .4db
> (interpreted matrix database), .4dc (compiled matrix database) or
> .4dbase (package type matrix database, see .4dbase Extension).
>
> You wouldn’t go wrong if you just replaced the term Matrix Database
> with Component Database.
>
> It is the database that you put inside your Components folder.
>
> Foundation Shell is a Matrix Database.
>
> Thanks,
> Walt Nelson (Seattle)
>
> www.foundationshell.com <http://www.foundationshell.com/>
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
>> On Aug 26, 2018, at 11:19 AM, Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> I know as I started to read the documentation - within the first
>> page they introduced a term ‘matrix databases’ that was not
>> defined as to how they are using it. The sentence then became
>> meaningless - hate writing like that.
>
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