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title: "Glossary of directory terms"
url: https://internationalgamingawards.com/glossary/
description: "Recurring award and judging vocabulary defined in the sense this directory applies it."
---

# Glossary of directory terms

[Index](https://internationalgamingawards.com/) › [Categories](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/) › Terminology and Process

The recurring vocabulary used across this index, defined in the sense the directory applies it. Where the wider trade uses a word more loosely, the entry says so.

[A](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-a)

B

[C](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-c)

[D](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-d)

[E](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-e)

F

G

H

[I](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-i)

[J](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-j)

K

[L](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-l)

M

[N](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-n)

[O](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-o)

[P](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-p)

Q

[R](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-r)

[S](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-s)

[T](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-t)

U

[V](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-v)

[W](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-w)

X

Y

Z

**Category slate**: The complete published set of judged divisions for a single cycle.

**Ceremony cycle**: One full run of a programme, from slate publication through to announcement.

**Criteria document**: The published statement of what a division measures and how it is weighted.

**Discretionary division**: A heading decided by the programme itself, with no open entry route.

**Eligibility window**: The period during which the work under consideration had to take place.

**Embargo**: The interval between final scoring and public release of an outcome.

**Entry window**: The fixed period during which submissions are accepted.

**Jury panel**: The group scoring submissions in a division against its published criteria.

**Normalisation**: Adjusting scores from separate sub-panels onto one comparable scale.

**Open division**: A heading any entrant meeting the stated eligibility may submit to.

**Recusal**: A panellist standing back from a division where they hold a declared interest.

**Shortlist**: The reduced field carried from scoring into the verification stage.

**Sub-panel**: A smaller group judging a defined part of the slate.

**Verification round**: The stage in which claims are checked against supporting documentation.

**Weighting**: The proportion of a division's total score assigned to each criterion.

## Elsewhere in the tree

- [Award Categories](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/award-categories/) (6)
- [Judging and Criteria](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/judging-and-criteria/) (6)
- [Industry Sectors](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/industry-sectors/) (6)
- [Regions and Circuits](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/regions/) (4)

## Resource records

- [Award category terminology](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/award-category-terminology/)
- [Judging panel structures](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/judging-panel-structures/)
- [Entry and submission process](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/entry-and-submission-process/)
- [Responsible play in category design](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/responsible-play-context/)

## Directory tools

- [Full A-Z index](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/)
- [Glossary of terms](https://internationalgamingawards.com/glossary/)
- [All categories](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/)
- [How this index is arranged](https://internationalgamingawards.com/help/)