| agent |
A process running in server or client mode. |
| client/node |
A Nomad client is responsible for running tasks assigned to it. A client registers itself with servers and watches for work to be assigned. When running the agent, the client may be referred to as a node. |
| server |
A Nomad server manages all jobs and clients, monitors tasks, and controls which tasks get placed on which nodes. |
| dev_agent |
The development agent is an agent configuration that provides useful defaults for running a single node cluster of nomad. |
