Glossary

Term Meaning
Runtime (RTE) The environment and engine your code runs in
Compute size A named CPU and memory pair for a runtime
Session A running runtime that can accept runs
Warm session A dataset session kept ready for a few minutes and shared between runs
Connection A named, stored way of reaching a source
Dataset A saved query (and code) that returns rows
Prep The pandas code that reshapes a Standard dataset's rows
Lakehouse Groundzero's Iceberg tables on object storage
Warehouse A site's lakehouse storage location
Custom runtime A runtime extended with your pip packages
ML variant A runtime with machine-learning libraries added
Lineage The record of which assets a run read and wrote