Glossary
Plain definitions of the words used in the Nubo Suite docs, such as team, seat, share, team drive, passkey and MX record.
This glossary defines the terms used across these pages.
What do the words mean?
Account. Your sign-in. One account works in every Nubo app. Your username is also your @nubo.email address.
Admin. A team role that can invite and manage members, set the security policy and use team drive settings. Owners can also add a custom domain and make other admins.
Automation. A rule that runs a command in one app when an event happens in another. Owners and admins manage them in Home.
Backup codes. Ten single-use codes that let you pass two-step verification if you lose your authenticator.
Collaboration server. A small background service that starts when you first share a live document (for example a spreadsheet) so several people can edit at once.
Custom domain. Your own domain, such as acme.com, used for team email addresses. See Custom domain and mail.
Guest. A team role with no access except folders granted by an access rule in the team drive.
Home. Nubo Home, the dashboard at home.nubosuite.tech. See The workspace.
Invitation. A link that lets a person join a team with a role. It reserves a seat while it is live.
MCP. Model Context Protocol, a standard that lets an AI assistant use tools. Nubo has an MCP server. See Developers.
Member. A person in a team. Members can be active or disabled.
MX record. A DNS record that says where mail for your domain is delivered. For Nubo mail it points to mail.nubo.email.
Nubo OS. A free, open source operating system for desktops and servers, built on Ubuntu. See Nubo OS.
Passkey. A sign-in method that uses your device’s screen lock or a security key instead of a password.
Public link. A random web address that lets anyone with it read a file or folder, with an optional expiry and password.
Seat. One person’s place in a team’s plan. See Plans and seats.
Share. Access to a file or folder you give to a person, a team, an email address or every signed-in account, as read or write.
Team (organization). A group of people who work together in Nubo, with shared roles, a shared drive and optionally a custom domain.
Team drive. The shared drive that a team owns. Files stay when a person leaves. See Team drive.
TOTP. A time-based one-time code from an authenticator app.
Two-step verification. A second check after your password, by authenticator code, passkey or emailed code.