Comparison tables

Everyone likes coming up with new words for old concepts. While the different concepts in various products don't always match, it's tempting to make a dictionary that maps the configuration systems' different terminologies with one another.

Here is such a terminology comparison table:

System	Puppet	Ansible	Salt
Client	Agent	Node	Minion
Server	Master	Server	Master
Configuration	Catalog	Playbook	Salt State

Also, here is a technology comparison table:

System	Puppet	Ansible	Chef	Salt
Agentless	No	Yes	Yes	Both
Client dependencies	Ruby	Python, SSHD, bash	Ruby, SSHD, bash	Python
Language	Ruby	Python	Ruby	Python