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Cloud Content glossary

Terms used in Cloud Content and its documentation.

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Terms used in Cloud Content and its documentation.

TermMeaning
Top-level areaA top-level folder for a department, project or shared function, with a named owner in your organization.
Folder ownerThe person who manages access to an area and invites collaborators.
CollaboratorA person or group given access to a folder with a Box role such as editor or viewer.
Outside collaboratorA collaborator from outside your organization, reviewed periodically and removed when work ends.
Shared linkA link to a file or folder whose access and expiry follow your defaults.
Classification labelA Box Shield label, such as PHI, that applies stricter sharing and download rules, where licensed.
Retention policyA Box Governance rule that keeps content for a set period and then handles it as the policy directs, where licensed.
Legal holdA hold that preserves content for named people or folders while your legal team requires it.
Box DriveThe Box desktop app that shows Box content as a drive on your computer.
Migration waveA planned move of one department's content from file shares into Box.

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