Emily Davenport Updates to specify that fork is a github term  over 8 years ago

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\item \textbf{local}: \textit{(noun)} the version of your repository that is stored on your personal computer  \item \textbf{remote}: \textit{(noun)} the version of your repository that is stored on the internet, for instance on GitHub  \item \textbf{clone}: \textit{(verb)} to create a local copy of a remote repository on your personal computer  \item \textbf{fork}: \textit{(noun)} a copy of a repository; another user's repository on GitHub;  \textit{(verb)} to copy a repository, for instance from one user's Github GitHub  account to your own \item \textbf{merge}: \textit{(verb)} to update files by incorporating the changes introduced in new commits  \item \textbf{pull}: \textit{(verb)} to retrieve commits from a remote repository and merge them into a local repository  \item \textbf{push}: \textit{(verb)} to send commits from a local repository to a remote repository  \item \textbf{pull request}: \textit{(noun)} a message sent by one user to merge the commits in their remote repository into another user's remote repository  \end{itemize}