Program, Account, Publickey and Keypair in Anchor

Question

I'm beginner of solana programming using anchor. Now I have no clear understanding about these items.

 **Program, Account, PublicKey, Keypair**

Appreciate any help to understand what these are and relationship between each other.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '22 at 12:29

All of these terms can be found in the terminology section of the Solana docs at https://docs.solana.com/terminology

Program: The code that interprets instructions.
Account: A record in the Solana ledger that either holds data or is an executable program.
PublicKey: The public key of a keypair.
Keypair: A public key and corresponding private key for accessing an account.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '22 at 15:12

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Check out https://solanacookbook.com/ and the Core Concepts Section

answered Apr 18 '22 at 15:12

DaveTheAl

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