# 🔠 Glossary * **DeFi**: Decentralized Finance - financial services that use blockchain technology to offer traditional financial instruments in a decentralized manner. * **RWA**: Real World Assets - tangible assets such as trade receivables that can be tokenized and integrated into blockchain ecosystems. * **ERC20**: A standard for tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Smart Contract: Self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://nexade.gitbook.io/nexade/glossary.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.