# Glossary


> Definitions for the terms used across Screenly docs: screens, devices, pairing codes, playlists, labels, workspaces, roles, and licenses.
A few words come up again and again in Screenly. Here is what each one means, and where two of them are easy to mix up, we say so.

## The essentials

### Screenly

Us, and the thing you sign in to. Screenly is where you decide what your screens show.

### Dashboard

Where you do the work. Open a browser, sign in, and everything is there.

### ScreenlyOS

Our own software for the device itself. It does one thing, runs your screen, and we look after it.

### Screenly Anywhere

Screenly as an app, for a device that already has software of its own. Your smart display or streaming stick becomes a screen.

### Screenly Player

Our own signage hardware, which ships with ScreenlyOS installed. Player Max is the higher-performance model.

### App Store

Where you find apps to put on your screens, from clocks and calendars to live dashboards.

## What is on the wall

### Screen

A display under Screenly's management, and the unit you work with in the dashboard.

### Device

The hardware running the Screenly software. Sometimes a separate device connected to the display, sometimes the display's own built-in computer.

### Pairing code

The code a device shows on first boot, which you enter in the dashboard to connect it. Sometimes called a PIN.

### In sync

The screen has downloaded everything assigned to it. Online but out of sync means it is still catching up.

## What plays, and when

### Content

Whatever you want people to see. An image, a video, a PDF, a web page, an app, a live stream.

### Playlist

The ordered, looping rotation a screen plays, with a duration per item.

### Schedule

When a playlist is allowed to play. It lives inside the playlist rather than as a separate object.

### Label

A tag you put on both screens and playlists to connect the two. A playlist labeled "Warehouse" plays on every screen labelled "Warehouse".

### App

Content that pulls live data and re-renders on its own, such as a dashboard or a calendar.

### Privacy Mode

A per-device setting that turns off remote screenshots, for screens showing something sensitive.

## People and plans

### Account

Your personal login. One account can belong to several workspaces.

### Workspace

Your team's space in Screenly. Your screens, your content, and the people you work with all live in one.

> [!NOTE]
> Account and workspace are the easiest pair to mix up. Signing in is an account concern. Everything you then do is a workspace concern.

### Role

What a member can do in a workspace. Screenly has four: Owner, Admin, Billing Manager, and User.

### License

What lets one screen play content. Your plan includes a pool, and each connected screen takes one.

### Linked workspaces

Separate workspaces sharing billing and a license pool while staying operationally independent.