# Glossary

This section provides a definition of Akamas' key concepts and terms and also provides references to the related construct properties, commands, and user interfaces.

<table><thead><tr><th width="275">Term</th><th>Definition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="glossary/system">System</a></td><td>systems targeted by optimization studies</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/components">Component</a></td><td>elements of the system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/component-type">Component Type</a></td><td>types associated to a system component</td></tr><tr><td><a href="optimization-packs">Optimization Pack</a></td><td>objects encapsulating knowledge about component types</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/metric">Metric</a></td><td>a measured metric, collected via telemetry providers</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/parameter">Parameter</a></td><td>tunable parameters, set via native or other interfaces</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/telemetry-providers">Telemetry Provider</a></td><td>general definition of providers of collected metrics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/telemetry-instance">Telemetry Instance</a></td><td>specific instances of telemetry providers </td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/workflows">Workflow</a></td><td>automation workflow to set parameters, collect metrics and run load testing </td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/goals-and-constraints">Goal &#x26; Constraints</a></td><td>goal and constraints defined for an optimization study</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/optimization-studies">Optimization Study</a></td><td>optimization studies for a target system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/offline-optimization-study">Offline Optimization Study</a></td><td>optimization studies for a non-live system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/live-optimization-studies">Live Optimization Study</a></td><td>optimization studies for a live system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="glossary/workspaces">Workspace</a></td><td>virtual environments to organize and isolate resources</td></tr></tbody></table>