The authoritative dictionary of Fast Media Sorter concepts, navigation surfaces, media categories, and edition features. Compiled automatically from the single-source-of-truth termbase (docs/termbase.jsonl).
All apps is the launcher's full list of the apps installed on the device, opened from the launcher menu.
Distinction: Not the programs menu, which lists FastMediaSorter's own programs. The Russian and Ukrainian screens translate it as 'all programs', which is a known clash.
All Documents is a virtual resource that lists every document found on this device, such as PDF, EPUB, text and Office files, in one place.
Distinction: Not the reader: All Documents is the list you browse, while the reader is the screen that opens one document. A text note created here is saved in the device's Documents folder.
All Files is a ready-made resource that shows every kind of file on the device, not only media, and it works once All Files mode is allowed in Settings.
Distinction: Not a virtual resource for one kind of media such as All Documents: All Files browses the device storage like a file manager, and how much it can reach depends on the storage access Android grants to your edition.
All Images is a virtual resource that lists every picture found on this device, such as JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP files, in one place.
Distinction: Not 'Camera Photos': Camera Photos holds only what the device camera took, while All Images includes every picture from every folder on the device.
Translations:RU: Все изображенияUK: Усі зображення
All Music is a virtual resource that lists every audio file found on this device, such as MP3 or FLAC tracks, in one place.
Distinction: Not a 'playlist' and not the audio player: it is only the collection of local audio files, and it does not include network or cloud folders.
An app is any application installed on the Android device, such as a browser or a messenger, that the launcher can list and start.
Distinction: Not a 'program': programs are the extra tools built into FastMediaSorter, such as Calculator, while apps are separate installed applications. The Russian and Ukrainian screens sometimes translate both with the same word.
A badge is a small label drawn on top of a thumbnail or row, such as GIF, VR or Pinned, that tells you something about the item at a glance.
Distinction: Not a button in general, although the VR badge can be tapped to try opening VR again. The word 'badge' itself never appears on screen, so describe what the badge says.
The camera is the app's built-in way to take photos and record videos and save them straight into a resource or folder you choose.
Distinction: Not the Android camera app, and not 'Camera Photos', which is the virtual resource listing what the device camera took. 'Quick capture' is a widget that jumps straight into shooting.
Camera OCR is a program that takes a photo, finds the text in it and shows a translation next to the original words.
Distinction: Not general OCR inside the player, which works on photos and documents you already have. The programs menu and Settings call it 'Camera OCR translation'.
The catalog is the built-in list of internet radio and TV channels that the app downloads so you can add them to Streams without typing any web addresses.
Distinction: Not your own channel list: channels you added by hand stay when the catalog is updated or cleared. Spell it 'catalog', never 'catalogue'.
A channel is one saved radio, TV or video station in the Streams list, with its own name, logo and web address.
Distinction: Not the 'stream' itself: the channel is the saved entry you pin, edit or remove, and the stream is what it plays. Not an audio channel such as the left and right sides of stereo sound.
Cloud storage is online space from a service such as Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox, where your files are kept on the internet instead of on a device.
Distinction: Not a network folder on your own home network. A resource that points into cloud storage needs you to sign in to the service first.
The color theme sets the overall look of the app, such as light, dark or automatic.
Distinction: Not the page theme of the reader (light, dark or sepia) and not the separate 'color scheme' of the watch. Always spell it 'color', never 'colour'.
The command bar is the row of buttons across the top of the main screen, such as Add, Filter, Refresh, Settings and Start Player; when the screen is too narrow it first hides the button labels and then moves the buttons that still do not fit into the three-dots menu.
Distinction: Not the command panel: the command panel belongs to the player and acts on the open file, while the command bar belongs to the main screen.
Translations:RU: панель команд главного экранаUK: панель команд головного екрана
A complication is a small spot on the watch face that shows live information from the watch app, such as the last resource, the number of favorites or the track now playing, and opens it with a tap.
Distinction: Not a 'tile', which is a whole screen you swipe to. The word comes from Wear OS and appears only in the watch face editor, never in the app's own screens.
The desktop is the launcher's main page, a grid where you place app icons, resources, channels, gadgets and sections, with separate layouts for the upright and the sideways screen.
Distinction: Not the home screen of another launcher and not a computer desktop: it exists only while the FastMediaSorter launcher is in use.
A destination is a resource you have marked for Quick Sort, so that one tap can copy or move the current file into it.
Distinction: Not every resource: only resources marked for Quick Sort become destinations, up to 30 of them, each with its own number and color. In copy and move dialogs 'destination' also means simply the place a file is going to.
A device profile is a preset for the kind of device you use, such as a personal smartphone, a TV box, a car head unit or a photo frame, that sets sensible defaults for the whole app.
Distinction: Not a 'resource profile', which affects one resource only.
An edge gesture is a short swipe that starts on a band at the left or right edge of the screen and runs a chosen action, such as a screenshot, over any app.
Distinction: Not the system back gesture and not the launcher navigation gestures. The setting that switches the edge bands on is called Gesture overlay.
An edition is one of the separately published versions of FastMediaSorter, each made for a certain kind of device or store and with its own set of features.
Distinction: Never call it a 'flavor' or 'build flavor' in user documentation. An edition is not a version number, which changes with every update.
An extension is an optional part of the app, such as text recognition or an extra audio decoder, that you download only when you want it and can delete again to free space.
Distinction: Not a separate app from a store and not a paid add-on: an extension is downloaded from the app's own Downloadable Extensions screen and is free.
Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows is a separate program for Windows PCs that shares chosen PC folders with the phone app in a couple of clicks, paired by scanning a QR code.
Distinction: Not 'Wear Companion' for the watch, although both are called 'companion' on some screens. The folders it shares arrive in the app as SFTP resources.
Translations:RU: Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for WindowsUK: Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows
Favorites is your own list of the files and channels you marked with a star (a heart on the watch), so you can open them again quickly from one place.
Distinction: Not 'Quick Sort': marking a favorite does not copy or move anything, it only bookmarks the item. Spell it 'favorite', never the British 'favourite'.
A file is a single item stored in a folder, such as one photo, song, video or document.
Distinction: Not always a 'media file': 'file' covers anything stored on a disk, while 'media file' means only the kinds of files the app can show or play.
The file browser is the screen that opens when you open a resource and shows its files and subfolders so you can view, select, copy, move or delete them.
Distinction: Never call it an 'explorer' or a 'file explorer'. A web 'browser' such as Chrome is a different thing, and qualified names such as 'video file browser' are allowed when the media type matters.
A folder is a place on a disk, memory card or server where files are kept, and it exists whether or not the app knows about it.
Distinction: Not a 'resource': a resource is the app's saved entry that points to a folder. Use 'folder' only for the real directory itself, such as creating a new folder or picking one in the system folder window.
The FOSS edition is the open-source edition published in F-Droid, built without any closed-source parts, so it has no cloud storage, Streams, OCR, translation, Chromecast or watch companion.
Distinction: Not a trial edition: it is complete within those limits. When writing about its open-source terms, spell 'license', never 'licence'.
FTP is an older, unencrypted way to reach folders on a server, still used by many routers and home servers.
Distinction: Not 'SFTP', which is the encrypted and safer choice when the server supports it. The resource type list shows both together as 'SFTP / FTP'.
A gadget is a small live block on the launcher desktop, such as a clock, weather, compass, battery or map, that shows fresh information and reacts to taps.
Distinction: Not a 'widget': a widget is placed on the Android home screen of any launcher, while a gadget belongs to the FastMediaSorter desktop.
Google Drive is the cloud storage from Google, which the app can open as a resource after you sign in with your Google account.
Distinction: Not only a place for resources: the app can also save a copy of its settings and resources to Google Drive. The Russian and Ukrainian screens write it as 'Google Диск'.
The home screen is the Android start screen you see after unlocking the device, run by whichever launcher app is set as home.
Distinction: Not the app's 'main screen', and not the launcher 'desktop' unless FastMediaSorter is set as the home screen. Home-screen widgets and shortcuts are placed here.
The image viewer is the player screen when it shows a photo or picture, where you can zoom, rotate, crop or start a slideshow.
Distinction: Not a separate app: it is the same player showing an image, and 'Default image viewer' is the Android setting that lets the app open pictures coming from other apps. Not All Images, which is the collection.
Translations:RU: просмотр изображенийUK: перегляд зображень
The immersive browser is the in-headset screen that shows your files as a 3D grid of tiles inside the immersive scene, so you can find and open something without leaving VR.
Distinction: Not the file browser, which is the flat, two-dimensional screen used outside a headset. The controller ray points and clicks instead of a touch.
The launcher is the part of FastMediaSorter that can replace the device's home screen with its own desktop, taskbar and app list, or show that desktop inside the app.
Distinction: Not every 'launcher' on screen: in messages such as 'Your launcher does not support home-screen shortcuts' the word means whichever home-screen app the device uses. Turning launcher mode off brings back the previous home screen.
The Legacy edition is an edition for older Android devices, starting from Android 6, with most Standard features but without the launcher and the watch companion.
Distinction: Not an outdated or abandoned release: it is published together with the other editions.
Live Broadcast is a program that sends what the microphone of your phone, and optionally its camera, picks up live over the local network so that other devices can listen or watch.
Distinction: Not a 'stream' you receive: Live Broadcast sends your own sound or picture out. The Russian and Ukrainian screens name it with a different word from the one used for streams.
A local folder is a folder stored on this device itself or on its memory card, as opposed to one on another computer or online.
Distinction: Not a 'network folder' or 'cloud storage', which live on another machine or on the internet. The resource type list also shows local folders simply as 'Local'.
A media file is a file the app can show or play, such as a photo, GIF, video, audio track or document.
Distinction: Not every 'file': other files in a folder, such as installers or archives, are not media files and stay hidden unless All Files mode is used.
The noLegal edition is a sideload-only edition, installed from an APK file outside the app stores, that adds what stores do not allow, such as the immersive VR player and full storage access.
Distinction: Not the VR edition, which is the store-clean headset edition. The noLegal edition is never published in a store.
Now Playing is the view that shows the track playing right now, with its cover and controls, and leads back to the full audio player.
Distinction: Not the audio player itself and not the queue, which lists what plays next. The same name is used by a launcher gadget, a watch complication and the 'Audio Now Playing' home-screen widget.
OCR (text recognition) reads the printed or written words in a photo or document page so you can copy, save or translate them.
Distinction: Not translation by itself: OCR only finds the text, and translation is a separate step. 'Camera OCR' is the quick flow that does both from a new photo.
A panel is a strip of buttons or items along one edge of a screen that can usually be collapsed or hidden.
Distinction: Use the specific name when it matters, such as 'command panel', 'programs panel', 'streams panel', 'quick-access panel' or 'taskbar'. In the headset 'panel' also means the flat window that floats in front of you.
A permission is an access right that Android lets you give to or take back from an app, such as reading your photos, using the camera or drawing over other apps; FastMediaSorter asks only for the permissions its features need and lists them all on one screen.
Distinction: Not a setting of the app: a permission is kept by Android and can also be changed in the Android app settings, while an app setting lives only inside FastMediaSorter.
The phone is the Android phone or tablet that runs the main FastMediaSorter app and that the watch connects to.
Distinction: Not only a phone in the strict sense: the same app also runs on tablets, TVs and car head units. On the watch, 'Phone' names the section with files taken from the phone.
The player is the full-screen screen that shows one file at a time, whether it is a photo, a GIF, a video or an audio track, and lets you move to the next or previous file.
Distinction: Not only for video: 'player' is the shared name, and 'video player', 'audio player' and 'image viewer' name the same screen when it shows that kind of file. Documents open in the reader instead.
A playlist is a list of tracks or channels that play one after another, such as an M3U file you import into Streams or the Playlist gadget on the launcher desktop.
Distinction: Not the 'queue' in the audio player, which is only the list of tracks lined up for the current session. Not a resource.
A program is one of the extra tools built into FastMediaSorter, such as Calculator, Stopwatch, Network Monitor or the flashlights, that you switch on in Settings and open from the programs menu.
Distinction: Not an 'app' installed separately on the device, and never a 'mini-program' or 'sub-program'. The watch lists its built-in programs under 'Apps', which is a known wording slip.
Alternative / Legacy terms: mini-program, sub-program, mini-app, programme
The programs panel is an optional bar above the resource list on the main screen that gives one-tap access to your programs.
Distinction: Not the 'quick-access panel' of the launcher. In Russian and Ukrainian the quick-access panel is also translated as 'panel of programs', which is a known clash.
Translations:RU: панель программUK: панель програм
A resource is an entry you add to the app that points to a place with your files, such as a folder on this device, a network folder, a cloud folder, a stream or a watch, and it appears as one item on the main screen.
Distinction: Not a 'folder': a folder is a real directory that exists on a disk or server without the app, while a resource is the app's own saved entry that points to it.
A resource profile is a preset you pick for one resource, such as Audio Library, Video Library or Photo Storage, that tunes which files it shows and how it opens them.
Distinction: Not a 'device profile', which tunes the whole app for a kind of device. The idea of a 'media library' is simply a resource with the Audio Library or Video Library profile.
The resource-type tabs are the strip of tabs under the command bar on the main screen - ALL, Local, SMB, S/FTP, Cloud and Favorites - that show only the resources of one kind.
Distinction: Not the filter dialog: a tab narrows the list with one tap, while the filter dialog combines type, media-type and name filters with a sort order.
Translations:RU: вкладки типов ресурсовUK: вкладки типів ресурсів
A scheduled operation is a file job, such as copying or moving files from one resource to another, that the app runs by itself on the schedule you set.
Distinction: Not a one-time copy or move: it repeats on its schedule until you pause or delete it.
Alternative / Legacy terms: cancelled => canceled
Translations:RU: операция по расписаниюUK: операція за розкладом
Settings is the screen where you change how the app looks and behaves and switch optional programs and features on or off.
Distinction: Not the Android system settings, which the app sometimes opens for permissions. The launcher has its own 'Launcher settings' and the reader its own 'Reader Settings'.
The startup splash is the screen with the FastMediaSorter logo and name that you see for the moment the app takes to start; it disappears as soon as the app is ready.
Distinction: Not the welcome wizard: the splash shows on every start and asks nothing, while the wizard appears on first launch and asks questions.
A stream is a live internet radio, TV or video feed that the app plays from a web address instead of from a saved file.
Distinction: Not a 'channel' in every sentence: the stream is the live feed or its web address, while the channel is the saved entry for it in the Streams list. Not 'Live Broadcast', which sends your own microphone or camera out to others.
Streams is the screen that lists your internet radio, TV and video channels, where you add, pin, edit and play them.
Distinction: Not a single 'stream': 'Streams' with a capital S names the screen, while a stream is one live feed. Not 'Live Broadcast', which sends your own sound or picture out.
The taskbar is the launcher's bar at the top or bottom of the screen with the Start button, pinned apps, recently used apps, the clock and status icons.
Distinction: Not the Android status bar or navigation bar.
A text note is a plain text file you write in the app and save into the current folder or resource.
Distinction: Not a Google Keep note: the app can send the text to Keep, but a text note is its own file in your folder. Not a voice note recorded on the watch.
A tile is a full-screen card on the watch that you reach by swiping from the watch face, showing a chosen resource, stream, your favorites or your programs for one-tap access.
Distinction: Not a 'complication', which is a small spot on the watch face itself. Not the quick settings tiles on the phone, such as Live Broadcast.
Touch zones are invisible areas of the full-screen player, laid out as a grid of nine, where a tap does a set job such as next file, copy, move or delete.
Distinction: Not visible buttons: the zones stay hidden unless you turn on the touch zones overlay or hint. With the grid switched off the player uses three simpler zones.
The trash is a hidden folder named .trash where deleted local files wait, so you can still bring them back with Undo before the resource is closed.
Distinction: Not a 'recycle bin' for the whole device: it works per resource and only where trash is supported, so on some network or cloud resources a deletion is permanent.
The video player is the player screen when it plays a video, with controls for pausing, jumping forward or back and changing the sound.
Distinction: Not All Videos, which is the collection you browse. 'Default video player' is the Android setting that lets the app open videos coming from other apps.
A virtual resource is a ready-made resource that gathers files of one kind from all over this device into one list, such as All Music or Camera Photos, without you picking a folder.
Distinction: Not a 'folder': it has no single place on the disk.
VR Cinema is FastMediaSorter's name for the immersive session that plays a photo or video inside the headset, on a virtual screen or wrapped all around you.
Distinction: Not 'immersive mode' in every sentence: immersive mode is the general headset view, and VR Cinema is what FastMediaSorter calls it when you launch it from a menu or a badge.
A VR headset is a device you wear on your head, such as Meta Quest, that shows 3D and 360-degree photos and videos all around you.
Distinction: Not a phone-in-a-box viewer such as Google Cardboard, which only splits the phone screen in two. Immersive mode needs a real headset with the VR or noLegal edition.
The watch is a Wear OS smartwatch paired with your phone, which can browse, play and record files with the FastMedia Wear app.
Distinction: Not the software: the app on it is the 'watch app', and the phone-side program that controls it is 'Wear Companion'. A paired watch can also appear in the resource list as its own resource.
The watch app is FastMedia Wear, the part of FastMediaSorter installed on the watch, where you browse and play files, streams and favorites right on your wrist.
Distinction: Not 'Wear Companion', which runs on the phone.
Translations:RU: приложение для часовUK: застосунок для годинника
The welcome wizard is the series of pages FastMediaSorter shows on first launch - language and theme, device profile, network sources, capabilities, permissions and default player - before you reach the main screen; you can open it again from Settings.
Distinction: Not Settings: the wizard sets many things at once through a few questions, while Settings changes one option at a time.
Translations:RU: мастер приветствияUK: майстер привітання
A widget is a small live block from FastMediaSorter that you place on the Android home screen, such as Favorites, Random Photo Frame, Stopwatch or Scheduled Operations.
Distinction: Not a 'gadget', which lives on the FastMediaSorter launcher desktop. Not a watch 'tile' or 'complication'.
