Server: An invite-only 'home' for a specific community. A Discord server is like when all your best friends gather at your home to hang out. Sometimes a few are talking about the latest episode of their favorite show in one room, while others may be discussing a hike they took over the weekend in another room. These "rooms" are called channels.
Menu: Located to the left of the screen (desktop); List of channels, grouped by category.
Category: Label for a specific group of channels; located in the Menu.
Channel: A "room" dedicated to a specific topic of conversation.
Text channel - Denoted by # in front of channel name. These channels allow for text conversations, reactions (emojis), gifs, and shared links.
Voice/Video channel - Denoted by in front of channel name. These channels allow for live conversations between 2+ people. You can also add video with your webcam.
Forums - Denoted by in front of channel name. These channels allow for threaded conversations on a given topic or list of topics specified by Tags. Multiple conversation topics can be held separately inside one Forum.
Thread: A separate conversation located within a channel on a single, focused topic. Often used for discussion during podcast live streams in the #show-talk channel.
Tag: (1) Used to speak directly to a specific person or group in text by adding the @ symbol to the beginning of a username or group name (AKA 'to "at" someone'); (2) keywords used in Forums to specify the content of a post.
Mention: Another way to say someone has been "tagged".
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