business user — any natural or legal person acting in a commercial or professional capacity using core platform services for the purpose of or in the course of providing goods or services to end users (21)

cloud computing service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (13)

consent — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (32)

control — the possibility of exercising decisive influence on an undertaking, within the meaning of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (28)

core platform service — any of the following: online intermediation services; online search engines; online social networking services; video-sharing platform services; number-independent interpersonal communications services; operating systems; web browsers; virtual assistants; cloud computing services; online advertising services, including any advertising networks, advertising exchanges and any other advertising intermediation services, provided by an undertaking that provides any of the core platform services listed in points (a) to (i) (2)

data — any digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information, including in the form of sound, visual or audiovisual recording (24)

digital sector — the sector of products and services provided by means of, or through, information society services (4)

end user — any natural or legal person using core platform services other than as a business user (20)

gatekeeper — an undertaking providing core platform services, designated pursuant to Article 3 (1)

identification service — a type of service provided together with or in support of core platform services that enables any type of verification of the identity of end users or business users, regardless of the technology used (19)

information society service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (3)

interoperability — the ability to exchange information and mutually use the information which has been exchanged through interfaces or other solutions, so that all elements of hardware or software work with other hardware and software and with users in all the ways in which they are intended to function (29)

national court — a court or tribunal of a Member State within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU (33)

non-personal data — data other than personal data (26)

number-independent interpersonal communications service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (9)

online intermediation services — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (5)

online search engine — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (6)

online social networking service — a platform that enables end users to connect and communicate with each other, share content and discover other users and content across multiple devices and, in particular, via chats, posts, videos and recommendations (7)

operating system — a system software that controls the basic functions of the hardware or software and enables software applications to run on it (10)

payment service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (16)

payment system for in-app purchases — a software application, service or user interface which facilitates purchases of digital content or digital services within a software application, including content, subscriptions, features or functionality, and the payments for such purchases (18)

personal data — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (25)

profiling — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (31)

ranking — the relative prominence given to goods or services offered through online intermediation services, online social networking services, video-sharing platform services or virtual assistants, or the relevance given to search results by online search engines, as presented, organised or communicated by the undertakings providing online intermediation services, online social networking services, video-sharing platform services, virtual assistants or online search engines, irrespective of the technological means used for such presentation, organisation or communication and irrespective of whether only one result is presented or communicated (22)

search results — any information in any format, including textual, graphic, vocal or other outputs, returned in response to, and related to, a search query, irrespective of whether the information returned is a paid or an unpaid result, a direct answer or any product, service or information offered in connection with the organic results, or displayed along with or partly or entirely embedded in them (23)

software application — any digital product or service that runs on an operating system (15)

software application stores — a type of online intermediation services, which is focused on software applications as the intermediated product or service (14)

technical service supporting payment service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (17)

turnover — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (30)

undertaking — an entity engaged in an economic activity, regardless of its legal status and the way in which it is financed, including all linked enterprises or connected undertakings that form a group through the direct or indirect control of an enterprise or undertaking by another (27)

video-sharing platform service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (8)

virtual assistant — a software that can process demands, tasks or questions, including those based on audio, visual, written input, gestures or motions, and that, based on those demands, tasks or questions, provides access to other services or controls connected physical devices (12)

web browser — a software application that enables end users to access and interact with web content hosted on servers that are connected to networks such as the Internet, including standalone web browsers as well as web browsers integrated or embedded in software or similar (11)