- Administrator - a special user with access to additional tools for user account and space management
- Agile - a methodology that anticipates the need for flexibility and applies a level of pragmatism into the delivery of the finished product
- Best Garage - the closest garage to the destination building with the specified minimum number of available spaces
- Driver - anyone who drives and parks at ODU
- Driver Entry Rate - the number of vehicles entering the garage each minute
- Driver Exit Rate - the number of vehicles exiting the garage each minute
- Event - an occasion which affects garage and/or space availability
- Garage Rate - Driver Entry Rate - Driver Exit Rate (a positive number denotes that the garage is filling up)
- Operating Hours - 7:00AM - 10:00PM
- Permit - a physical decal that specifies in which spaces the vehicle is allowed to park
- Predictions - a guess based on current and historical data about garage space availability
- Real-time - current time
- Reconfigurable - software-based creation, deletion, or editing of spaces, floors, and garages
- Rush Hours - 7:45AM - 9:00AM, 12:00PM - 1:00PM, 3:00PM - 4:30PM
- Sensor - any device which indicates to the software whether a space is occupied or not
- Signage - signs that indicate the number of available spaces
- Statistical Analysis - the ability to use sample data to form predictions
- User - an entity using ParkODU
- Vehicle Detection Technology - any device which indicates to the software that a vehicle has entered a specified area