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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:56:21 +0200 (CEST)
From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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Subject: [geda-user] Language conventions: component vs. package vs. device...
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While refactoring gnetlist, I've encountered a few quasi-synonymous terms 
which seem to refer to subtly different concepts:

   component <-> device <-> netlist <-> package <-> symbol

Not being a native speaker, I'd like to ask you what you mean when using 
these terms, and what you understand to be the difference between them.

Also, what's the difference between a pin and a net, and between a uref 
and a refdes?  (If it's the same thing, why are there two different names
for it?)