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* feat(docs): Adding AST and Remark to the glossary

* Update docs/docs/glossary.md

Co-Authored-By: lannonbr <[email protected]>

* Update docs/docs/glossary.md

Co-Authored-By: lannonbr <[email protected]>
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## A

### AST

Abstract Syntax Tree: A tree representation of the source code that is found during a [compilation](#compiler) step between two languages. For example, [gatsby-transformer-remark](/packages/gatsby-transformer-remark/) will create an AST from [Markdown](#markdown) to describe a Markdown document in a tree structure using the [Remark](#remark) parser.

### API

Application Programming Interface: A method for one application to communicate with another. For example, a [source plugin](#source-plugin) will often use an API to get its data.
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A code library (written with [JavaScript](#javascript)) for building user interfaces. It’s the framework that [Gatsby](#gatsby) uses to build pages and structure content.

### Remark

A parser to translate [Markdown](#markdown) to other formats like [HTML](#html) or [React](#react) code.

### Routing

Routing is the mechanism for loading the correct content in a website or app based on a network request - usually a URL. For example, it allows for routing URLs like `/about-us` to the appropriate [page](#page), [template](#template), or [component](#component).
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link: /docs/gatsby-cli/
- title: Cheat Sheet
link: /docs/cheat-sheet/
- title: Glossary*
- title: Glossary
link: /docs/glossary/
- title: Gatsby REPL*
link: /docs/gatsby-repl/

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