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Before deploying your application, there are a few terms to learn, as they are used throughout this guide.
Application
An application is the software package you are installing onto your customer’s servers. It isn’t a single binary, rather it’s all of the individual components and containers that are required to get a functional version of your product.
Release
A Release is an installable version of the application, complete with all metadata such as release notes and instructions.
Release Channel
Release Channels are used to stage out releases for customers or customer segments. By default there are Stable, Beta and Unstable channels. A Release Channel contains a history (stack) of releases that have been promoted to the channel.
Admin Console
The Admin Console is the on-premise web-based interface that is used to install, license, configure and update an application delivered by Replicated.