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Temporal concepts

The Temporal Platform provides developers a suite of effective tools for building reliable applications at scale.

The concepts, components, and features of the platform are described in detail across the concept guides.

For the complete list of defined terms, see the Glossary.

Information on how to implement the developer-facing features is available in the Developer's guide.

Information on how to set up and use a Temporal Cloud is available in the Cloud documentation.

Information on how to set up and operate a Temporal Cluster is available in the Cluster deployment guide.