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title: "Glossary"
description: "Definitions of key terms related to Develocity, formerly known as Gradle Enterprise."
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# Glossary

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## A

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**Agent** — A component that runs in CI/CD environments to collect build data and report it to the Develocity server.

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**API Key** — A secure token used to authenticate requests to Develocity APIs.

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## B

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**Build Cache** — A feature that stores and reuses outputs from previous builds to improve build performance.

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**Build Cache Node** — A server component that stores and serves build artifacts for the Build Cache feature

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**Build Scan™** — A detailed record of a build, including performance metrics, dependencies, environment details, and failures. Used for debugging and optimizing builds.

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**Build Metrics** — Key performance indicators of a build, such as execution time, cache hit rate, and parallelism.

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## C

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**CI Integration** — Develocity’s ability to integrate with Continuous Integration tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) for build data collection and insights.

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**Capture** — The process of collecting data from a build (e.g., inputs, outputs, environment) for analysis and diagnostics.

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## D

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**Develocity** — A performance and productivity platform for software builds and tests, formerly known as Gradle Enterprise.

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**Dashboard** — A visual interface in Develocity that provides summaries, charts, and drill-down views of builds, performance, and trends.

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## E

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**Export API** — A Develocity API that allows programmatic access to Build Scan and performance data for external analysis.

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## F

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**Failure Analytics** — Develocity feature that identifies common or flaky build/test failures and helps track their frequency and root causes.

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## G

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**Gradle Plugin** — A plugin applied to Gradle builds that enables Develocity integration, such as publishing Build Scans or using the remote Build Cache.

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## H

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**Health Checks** — Automated tests run by Develocity to ensure its components (e.g., cache nodes, data collectors) are functioning correctly.