Glossary

The words ePegboard uses, in plain terms. Where a term has its own page, follow the link for the detail.

Term	What it means
Session	One club night or event. You create it, run games on it, and end it when the night is done. Everything is recorded against the session. See Sessions.
Profile	A saved set of defaults for a session - number of courts, scoring, pricing and so on. You pick a profile when you create a session, then can override settings for that one session.
Venue	Where a session is played. An optional label on the session.
Attendee	A player who is checked in to a session.
Waiting queue	The players who are checked in and waiting to be picked for a game. The picker draws from the queue.
The picker	The part of ePegboard that chooses the four players for the next game, balancing fairness and good games. See The game picker.
Pick	A suggested game - the four players the picker has chosen for a free court. You can accept it, swap players, or pick again.
Court	A playing court. A session runs one or more courts in parallel; you tell ePegboard how many in the session settings.
Prep panel	The next-game preview on the board. With one prep panel you see the next game; with two you can stage the game after as well.
Game	One match on a court between two pairs. Recording its score feeds the ratings.
Rating	A number reflecting how a player performs against expectation, updated after every game. It powers the picker, tournaments and team tools. See How ratings work.
Tier	A named starting level used when you add a member - Beginner, Recreational, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced or Expert - each mapping to a starting rating. Only used to seed a new player before they have real results.
Settling	The early phase for a new player, when their rating moves quickly because the system is still learning their level. After about 50 games it settles and moves slowly.
K factor	How much one game can move a rating - high while a player is settling, low once settled. See How a rating change is calculated.
Sticky pair	Two players you choose to keep partnered for a session, instead of the picker mixing them around.
Membership type	Whether a member is Full, Trial or Guest. Used for pricing and reporting.
Owner / Admin / Standard	The three levels of access to a club. Owners and admins can run sessions and manage the club; standard members can view. See Add another organiser.