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<SOLVED> Terms defined / bldc "vs." vesc_tool

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<SOLVED> Terms defined / bldc "vs." vesc_tool

I need confirmation that I am not confusing terms here. As far as I understand, following terms appear in the VESC project:
 

(the) VESC

(Vedder Electronic Speed Controller) used to describe the motor controller
bldc (brushless direct current (motors)) the somehow old but still used Term for the program VESC_Tool
VESC_Tool the program/GUI to connect to your VESC, needs to be downloaded on Windows, needs to be build on Linux??
bootloader a tool/code? that sometimes(?) needs to be built and flashed to the VESC prior to firmware
firmware software that needs to be built and then flashed to the VESC to operate it; changes can be made to add features to this firmware
custom app additional piece/file code that gets added to the firmware to expand the functions of a VESC
vesc wand the remote for electric vehilces originally from this VESC project
Qt Creator a program (from others) that is used to 'build'/compile different files to machine code, as needed for the VESC_Tool on Linux(?), the bootloader and the desired firmware

 

The difficulty here is understanding the term "bldc" is used on github for the VESC_Tool, but this is also the place for all the firmware stuff. This can be confusing.

(If there already is a page describing these terms, please send the link in this thread.)

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Is this table right on the terms and their descriptions?

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I now got the terms figured out:

Please correct my wrong assumptions if there are any.

(the) VESC

(Vedder Electronic Speed Controller) used to describe the motor controller
bldc (brushless direct current (motors)) the somehow old but still used Term for the program VESC_Tool
bldc Tool the old software/GUI to connect to your VESC, build on Linux, download on Windows
VESC_Tool the NEW software/GUI to connect to your VESC
bootloader a program that needs to be present on VESC, if not, needs to be built and flashed to the VESC by myself (via QT Creator and ST Link v2)
firmware a program that needs to be built and then flashed to the VESC to operate it, can be built on Linux without QT Creator
custom app additional program code that gets added prior to building the the firmware to expand the functions of a VESC
vesc wand the remote for electric vehilces originally from this VESC project
Qt Creator a program (from others) that is used to 'build'/compile different files to machine code, as needed for the VESC_Tool on Linux(?), the bootloader and the desired firmware