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Glossary
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Nextcloud Sync Client
Nextcloud Client
Name of the official Nextcloud syncing client for desktop, which runs on
Windows, macOS and Linux. It uses the CSync sync engine for
synchronization with the Nextcloud server.
Nextcloud Server
The server counter part of Nextcloud Client as provided by the Nextcloud
community.
mtime
modification time
file modification time
File property used to determine whether the servers' or the clients' file
is more recent. Used only when no sync database exists and files already
exist in the client directory.
unique id
ETag
ID assigned to every file and submitted
via the HTTP ``Etag``. Used to check if files on client and server have
changed.