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# Glossary

**concrete model**

  A non-abstract ([`abstract=False`](/en/4.1/ref/models/options/#django.db.models.Options.abstract)) model.

**field**

  An attribute on a [model](#term-model); a given field usually maps directly to
  a single database column.

  See [Models](/en/4.1/topics/db/models/).

**generic view**

  A higher-order [view](#term-view) function that provides an abstract/generic
  implementation of a common idiom or pattern found in view development.

  See [Class-based views](/en/4.1/topics/class-based-views/).

**model**

  Models store your application’s data.

  See [Models](/en/4.1/topics/db/models/).

**MTV**

  “Model-template-view”; a software pattern, similar in style to MVC, but
  a better description of the way Django does things.

  See [the FAQ entry](/en/4.1/faq/general/#faq-mtv).

**MVC**

  [Model-view-controller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller); a software pattern. Django [follows MVC
  to some extent](/en/4.1/faq/general/#faq-mtv).

**project**

  A Python package – i.e. a directory of code – that contains all the
  settings for an instance of Django. This would include database
  configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific
  settings.

**property**

  Also known as “managed attributes”, and a feature of Python since
  version 2.2. This is a neat way to implement attributes whose usage
  resembles attribute access, but whose implementation uses method calls.

  See [`property`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#property).

**queryset**

  An object representing some set of rows to be fetched from the database.

  See [Making queries](/en/4.1/topics/db/queries/).

**slug**

  A short label for something, containing only letters, numbers,
  underscores or hyphens. They’re generally used in URLs. For
  example, in a typical blog entry URL:

  ```
  https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/apr/12/spring/
  ```

  the last bit (`spring`) is the slug.

**template**

  A chunk of text that acts as formatting for representing data. A
  template helps to abstract the presentation of data from the data
  itself.

  See [Templates](/en/4.1/topics/templates/).

**view**

  A function responsible for rendering a page.