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[DOC] Glossary page for core concepts

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New contributors and users frequently confuse chunks, blocks, frames, and superchunks — terms that appear throughout the API but are never defined in one place. The getting-started section has no glossary.

Suggested work: Create doc/getting_started/glossary.rst (and link it from doc/getting_started/index.rst) defining at minimum:

  • SChunk, frame, chunk, block, subblock
  • Compression parameters (cparams): codec, clevel, filters
  • NDArray vs CTable vs SChunk — when to use each
  • Index types: SUMMARY, BUCKET, PARTIAL, FULL, OPSI — one-sentence each

Each term should link to the relevant API reference page.

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