Glossary
Terms and definitions
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Sanguis | The language |
| VANA | The engine/runtime ("Voltage Activated Neural Architecture") |
| Circuit | A body, a named scope of holds and routes |
| Hold | A named value (scalar or text) |
| Route | A triggered block that fires when conditions pass |
| Tick | One execution cycle, all routes evaluated in parallel |
| Emit | Send a value to a target (hold or screen), replacing content |
| Append | Accumulate text into a text hold, concatenating |
| Through | Iterate through text one character per tick |
| Wire | Connectome link between circuits |
| Gate | A condition check that controls whether a route fires |
| Connectome | The .vana intermediate format describing the organism |
| Compiler | Converts .sang source to .vana connectome |
| Runtime | Executes .vana on the GPU |