Glossary

Term	Description
Toit	A programming language designed for IoT devices, which we provide a high level SDK for. [Toit official website]
ESP32	A popular low-cost microcontroller with built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, used in some Lightbug devices. [ESP32 on Wikipedia]
Message	A packet of communication sent between clients, using the Lightbug protocol.
Prefix	Optional bytes before a message to make it easier to see in a byte stream. 0x4c, 0x42 which is LB in ascii.
Header	The first part of the message that contains metadata about a message. Length, type, method, and other generic metadata or instruction.
Payload	The primary data that is being sent in a message.
Header field type	A field type uint8 that is used within header data. These are generally reused across all message types.
Payload field type	A field type uint8 that is used within payload data. These are generally specific to a message type. See messages.
bBytes	A byte array that represents a length and that amount of data in bytes. A bByte entry might be 3 9 9 9, where 3 is the length, and 9 9 9 is the data.