From Seed
- Administrator - a colonist who has been voted for and won the right to control bits and machines.
- Bit - Administrators control one or more Admin Bits, which hold one or more Hard Points. Bits have a resource flow that must be managed carefully.
- Canyon, The - the canyon where the Tower has been built by TAU.
- Chimpbot - Repair droids that wander the corridors of the Tower.
- Cooldown cycle - Unit of time used to measure the effectiveness of tools.
- Colonist - Human inhabitants of the terraforming Tower.
- Da Vinci - an unspecified planet orbiting the star Beta Hydri.
- DPC - Acronym for "Damage Per Cooldown Cycle"
- Floatbed - Machine used by TAU to hatch humans. Colonists use Floatbeds to restore body nutrients and chemistry to acceptable levels.
- Hard Point - Structural bases for machines; one Hard Point can contain one machine or micro factory.
- Machine - Either a factory or sharepoint; mounted on a Hard Point.
- Monowrapper - Commonly used structural repair tool. Dispenses various glues and tapes.
- Outside - Slang for any area outside the Tower.
- Ring - cooperative group of colonists.
- Ring member - a colonist with full access to a ring's stash. A colonist can only be a member of one ring at a time.
- Ring supporter - a colonist with limited access to a ring's stash. A colonist may be a supporter of more than one ring.
- Seed - Slang term for colonist
- Seedling - Slang term for colonist
- Steambath - Recreational area where calming, recreational drugs are suspended in steam to relax stressed colonists.
- TAU - Terraforming Administration Utility - artificial swarm intelligence that controls the Tower
- Tower - terraforming structure that houses the colonists
