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 # Pre Course Git Fu
 [Pre Class Video](https://youtu.be/ZihgMcrHOF4)
 ## Terms for learning Git
- * Repository - 
- * Git - Version Control - 
- * Clone - 
- * Fork -
- * History -
- * Staging -
- * Remote - 
- * Commit -
- * Push -
+ * Repository - a folder in which all of a project's files are located and can be accessed by collaborators
+ * Git - Version Control - the practice of tracking the changes made to files and the different versions of files; Git is a program that enables for this tracking
+ * Clone - a copy of a file that is stored on an individual collaborator's local machine, instead of a server
+ * Fork - a copy of a file that is stored on a collaborator's GitHub account, which can be edited without affecting the original copy
+ * History - a record of the changes made to the original by a collaborator
+ * Staging - the process of reviewing the changes made to the version control file in a clone and cleaning the history before committing any changes
+ * Remote - describes the files that are hosted on a server, versus the files stored on an individual collaborator's computer
+ * Commit - saving changes made to a file and recording those changes for version control
+ * Push - uploading a file with changes to a repository, like one on GitHub, for review
 
 ## Steps to our Lamba School Git Flow
 1. Fork repository