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[glossary]
== Glossary

Agent::
A Flume node located at the start of a flow that captures data from 
external sources, ready for feeding downstream. 

Collector::
A Flume node located at the end of a flow that delivers data to its eventual destination.

Flow::
A set of nodes wired together in sequence which together process data 
from a single source into its eventual destination.

Master::
A service that controls the configuration of all nodes, and to 
which all nodes report. 

Sink::
The place where a node sends its data after all processing is done.

Source::
The place where a node gets its data stream.