# Glossary of Terms & Terminology

This is a small glossary of terms as they are used in smartCARS 3 in relation to our website or other common verbiage we use.

- **Charter** - a charter flight is an ad-hoc flight that a pilot is creating. The pilot may choose any departure, arrival, airplane, and other variables to build a custom flight which then becomes a **Dispatch** to be flown.
- **Dispatch** - also called **Bid** in smartCARS 3 - is the record of a flight that a pilot is intending to fly. This is what shows in the **My Dispatches** page on the website or in the Flight Center screen in smartCARS 3. **Dispatches** or **Bids** are turned into **Live Flights** when smartCARS 3 is tracking them. A **Dispatch** is created by dispatching a scheduled flight, a tour leg, an event, or a charter flight.
- **Live Flight** - this is a flight that is being actively tracked by smartCARS 3. It is visible to others, either on the Live Flights screen in smartCARS 3 or in the various Live Flights sections on our website.