| Affective Technologies | The independent company that owns, builds, and maintains the services documented here |
| IHNYC | International House New York, the residential community served by these tenant-scoped products |
| I-House | A short, informal name for International House New York |
| RC | Resident Council, the resident-governed organization whose systems are documented separately at docs.ihnyc-rc.org |
| House Desk | The resident Programs, Bulletin, subscription, and operator product |
| Pub | The separately deployed website, displays, scheduling, venue-system, and floor-operations product for the I-House Pub |
| Cloudflare Access | The sign-in service that protects House Desk and Pub staff tools |
| Programs feed | A private calendar subscription produced by House Desk and protected by a unique URL |
| iCalendar or ICS | The common calendar-subscription format that lets calendar apps receive later event updates |
| Bulletin | House Desk’s reviewed public notices and source-linked information surface |
| Photo Flash | A Pub feature that lets patrons submit a photo or short video for possible venue display, normally after operator review |
| DJ Mode | A protected Pub operating mode that lets an authorized operator run the venue projector during an event, including Photo Flash review, patron video requests, and music overlays |
| Tender | A Pub staff member who works shifts at the bar |
| Closing report | The end-of-shift message in which Pub staff record refrigerator temperatures and stock, which Pub turns into reviewable records |
| Tenant | The organization or community named in a product hostname, such as ihnyc in desk.ihnyc.affectivetech.com |
| AVI Foodsystems | A separate food-service organization. Affective Technologies is not affiliated with it. |