| Word | Definition within yunity | Etymology (word origin) |
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| Facilitator | An organizational role, typical for meetings. A facilitator helps to release the potential already within a group by helping to organize in a non-hierarchical fashion. We choose not to use the term 'leader'. | from faciliter "to render easy" [French] from facilis "easy" [Latin] |
| Foodsaving | Foodsaving is the act of using food to feed humans instead of disposing it. | food + saving [English contraction] |
| Webapp | The yunity platform. See also 'platform' and 'product' | web + app(lication) [English contraction] |
| Development | The creation and improvement of the yunity platform code (front-end, API, back-end, database, etc) and the name of the respective team (often abbreviated to 'Dev'). IT-service is a separate work area and team. | from développer "unroll, unfurl" [French] from des- "undo" + veloper "wrap up" [Celtic?] |
| Moneyless | Free from money. As an organization, yunity is directly moneyless: no bank account, no funding, no wages, etc. However some money has been used indirectly on behalf of the project (See the expenses pages within the WuppDays section). yunity will always be free, open source and aspires to facilitate moneyless ways of living. | money + less [English contraction] |
| MVP | The MVP is a technical specification for the yunity platform: the first version of the software to be considered launch-able. | Minimal Viable Product [English acronym] |
| Design | The 'look and feel' of the yunity platform (UI, UX, graphical appearance, etc) and other elements of the yunity organization (colour scheme, logo, video material, etc) and the name of the respective team. | designare "mark out, devise" from de- "out" + signare "to mark" [Latin] |
| Retrospective | A facilitated discussion for a team to reflect on their previous period of work (iteration) and identify whether any actions should be taken to change their working process for the next iteration(s). An important event in yunity Scrum | retrospicere "look back" from retro- "back" + specere "look at" [Latin] |
| Coco | Note: The Coco is no longer active. Organization of the various working teams to ensure that the best work can be done and the name of the respective group. The Coco is composed of one representative from each team. | Coordination of Cooperation [English portmanteau] |
| heartbeat | The heartbeat is a biweekly summary of what happens in yunity. It is meant to give an overview over our currents actions and topics. |
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| Onboarding | The process to get interested individuals on board the yunity project. |
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| Ramp-up time | The period of time which a new contributor requires to acclimatize with the existing work and ways of working before they can begin to work at their full potential. | from ramper "to climb, scale" [Old French] |
| Platform | The software framework that supports the product (i.e. server, database, API, etc) | from plat "flat" + forme "form" [Old French] |
| Product | Refers to the webapp that individuals will download and use on their device. 'The product' is a webapp, 'the webapp' is the product - can be used interchangeably. | from pro- "forth" + ducere "to bring, lead" [Latin] |
| Communication | Broadly, the exchange of project related information both internally (e.g. team chat on Slack) and externally (e.g. yunity Facebook page) and the name of the respective team. | from communis "in common, public, shared by all or many" [Latin] |
| Legal | Matters concerning the law and the name of the respective team. | from legalis "pertaining to the law" from legis (GEN) "law" [Latin] |
| User needs | Requirements of the product from end-users. Includes features and functions of the product, but perhaps other services also. | from uti "enjoy, apply, consume" [Latin] and nied "necessity, compulsion" [West Saxon] |
| WuppDays | A residential work sprint | yunity neologism |
| Wuppie | An atendee of WuppDays | yunity neologism |
| yuniteer | A member of the yunity core team | yunity neologism |
lamâsching (noun) | Unconditional love in the stricter yunity sense. | derived from "la mâche" [french] = corn salad |
to lamâsch (verb) | To really, truly, deeply appreciate someone's presence | |
| Vision | A description of what the yunity project wants to see, a shared dream | from proto-Indo-European root *weid- "to know, to see" |
| glocal | Local networks which are connected in a global scale and are aware of global effects within a local environment
| Portmanteau of global and local |