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Glossary

infolio glossary for knowledge management, privacy, and sync

These definition pages explain concepts such as personal knowledge bases, local-first notes, end-to-end encryption, and object storage sync in the infolio context.

Knowledge management term 2026-07-15

Personal knowledge base

A personal knowledge base is a long-term system for storing, organizing, finding, and reusing personal notes, project records, reference material, and private information.

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Privacy and sync term 2026-07-15

Local-first

Local-first means content becomes usable and editable on the user device first. Cloud sync moves data across devices but is not the only place where the data exists.

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Privacy and security term 2026-07-15

End-to-end encryption

End-to-end encryption means sensitive content is encrypted before it leaves the device, so transport and storage layers should not see readable plaintext.

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Product capability term 2026-07-15

Encrypted vault

An encrypted vault is a protected space inside a personal knowledge base for sensitive records that should not live beside ordinary documents.

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Sync term 2026-07-15

Object storage sync

Object storage sync means application data is synchronized through a cloud object storage service such as AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, Aliyun OSS, Tencent COS, or Azure Blob.

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Sync term 2026-07-15

Bring your own storage

Bring your own storage means users choose and manage the storage layer used for sync or backup instead of relying only on the application vendor cloud.

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Product capability term 2026-07-15

Desktop workspace

A desktop workspace is a visible work surface for active documents, whiteboards, widgets, windows, and project entry points.

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Sync term 2026-07-15

Multi-cloud sync

Multi-cloud sync means an app supports multiple sync backends so users can choose based on convenience, ecosystem, cost, region, and data boundary.

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