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+Unfamiliar terms that you may come across in the code:
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+
+BCI: Broken Civic Infrastructure - project name before it became FixMyStreet -
+still to be found used in some config variable names
+
+MaPit: The mySociety database and web service that maps postcodes and points to
+current or past administrative area information and polygons for all the United
+Kingdom. http://mapit.mysociety.org/
+
+EvEl: A generic email sending and mailing list functionality, with bounce
+detection: https://secure.mysociety.org/cvstrac/dir?d=mysociety/services/EvEl