Glossary
Glossary – MuPiBox Classic Handbuch
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| App | the interface for parents that runs in the browser (/app/) |
| Broker | the server that receives and distributes messages with MQTT |
| Cover | the picture of an album, podcast or station |
| Cover Flow | the view in which one large cover lies in the middle and its neighbours are tilted |
| DHCP | method by which the router assigns an IP address to a device |
| DietPi | the lean Linux the MuPiBox runs on |
| Display | the box's touch screen on which the child operates it |
| DAC | component that converts digital music into sound (a sound card for the Raspberry Pi) |
| FTP | method for copying files over the network |
| GPIO | the Raspberry Pi's connection pins to which accessories are attached |
| Hostname | the box's name on the network, for example mupibox (reachable as mupibox.local) |
| HTTPS | encrypted connection to the app |
| IP address | the box's address on the network |
| Kiosk mode | full screen without the browser's controls, which is how the display runs |
| MQTT | a lightweight messaging method for the smart home and devices |
| mpv | the program that plays audiobooks, music, podcasts and radio. If it is missing, the box uses mplayer |
| MuPiHAT | board with battery management for the box |
| NAS | network storage in the home network |
| OnOff SHIM | on/off button with status LED for the Raspberry Pi |
| Overlay | a hardware description the Raspberry Pi loads at start from /boot/config.txt |
| PM2 | program that watches the server and the player and restarts them |
| Playlist prefix | the beginning of a name by which Smart Sync recognises the box's Spotify playlists |
| RSS | the format in which podcasts publish their episodes |
| Quiet time | time window in which the box does not play |
| Samba | method by which the box's media folder (/home/dietpi/MuPiBox/media) appears as a drive in the Windows network |
| Smart Sync | fetches Spotify playlists onto the box automatically |
| Spotify player | Spotify plays in the display's browser (Spotify Web Playback SDK with Widevine). For Spotify, the display is the device the box plays on |
| SSID | the name of a Wi-Fi network |
| Theme | the display's look: colours, backgrounds, fonts |
| Token | a secret key by which a service (for example a Telegram bot) identifies itself |
| VNC | remote control of the screen over the network |
| WLED | control for light strips that the box can connect with light effects |