Glossary and Information Sources

Info

Here you will find a list of special terminology used in our application domain along with their definitions. In addition you can find a list of useful informational references and links to related or competitive products. Lastly you will find our open source license for the application.

Terminology

• Ride-sharing App: An application that allows riders to post requests for rides and connect with drivers who can accept their ride requests.
• Boost: The name of this ride-sharing app.
• User: An individual that has created an account to use the application.
• Rider: A user who is trying to get a ride. The rider posts ride requests.
• Driver: A user who is able to drive a rider. The driver accepts ride requests.
• Ride: A vehicular journey from one location to another.
• Request: A request is made by a rider who is in need of a ride.
• Status: The status of a ride, it can either be in progress, canceled, or completed.
• QR-Bucks: The form of currency used between riders and drivers. It is like an IOU but in QR code form.
• Rating: The rating of a driver for his/her service, either a thumbs up (good) or a thumbs down (down).
• Profile: The user profile, displaying information such as name, username, photo, email, phone number and rating of a user.
• Geo-location: The identification or estimation of the real-world geographic location of an object such as mobile phone. [1]

Citations

[1] Definition from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation

Related/Competitive Apps

• Uber Android | IOS
• Lyft Android | IOS
• Poparide Android | IOS

License

GNU General Public License

Boost app for CMPUT 301 at the University of Alberta
Copyright (C) 2020 CMPUT301W20T01

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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