The following terms for MS-related data are used in this tutorial and the OpenMS class documentation:
spectrum / scan
A mass spectrum containing raw data points (raw spectrum) or peaks (peak spectrum).
feature
The signal caused by a chemical entity detected in an HPLC-MS experiment, typically a peptide.
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