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Adapter Key Terms

The following key terms are used when describing adapter interactions in this manual.

•	A palette is a standalone adapter component that contains the screens used to gather input at design-time when configuring an adapter with a service. The palette is accessed through TIBCO Designer.

•	A project is a collection of configured adapter resources and it contains configuration information for one or more adapter instances.

A local project is typically used at design-time for testing. For production, a project is typically managed by an administration server provided by the TIBCO Administrator for the standalone adapter.

•	An .ear of an application contains global variables with values set at design-time by the standalone adapter. The global variables can be changed during deployment at the application level, the service level, or the service instance level.

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