Glossary
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.. glossary::

   application
      A CherryPy application is simply a class instance containing
      at least one page handler.

   controller
      Loose name commonly given to a class owning at least one exposed method

   exposed
      A Python function or method which has an attribute called `exposed`
      set to `True`. This attribute can be set directly or via the
      :func:`cherrypy.expose()` decorator.

      .. code-block:: python

         @cherrypy.expose
         def method(...):
             ...

      is equivalent to:

      .. code-block:: python

         def method(...):
             ...
         method.exposed = True

   page handler
      Name commonly given to an exposed method