# Glossary of Terms

**Data Union**: An organization with an application that incentivizes its members for participating in the creation of valuable data.

**Data Union Ecosystem**: Data Unions and their applications powered by the Data Union framework.

**Data Union Framework**: The technology that powers Data Union applications for crowdsourcing and monetizing data.

**Data Union DAO:** The DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) that governs the Data Union framework.

**Streamr Network:** A peer-to-peer network for the transfer of end-to-end encrypted real-time data.

**Data Stream:** A sequence of data points in time.

**Streamr Core:** A UI with which Data Streams and Data Unions can be deployed.