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# Timebase Components

## Introduction to the Timebase Platform

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Timebase is made up of the following components:

**[Collector](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/en/knowledge-base/introduction-to-the-data-collector?hsLang=en)** - connect your real-time data to the Historian

**[Historian](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/en/knowledge-base/introduction-to-the-time-series-historian?hsLang=en)** - time series historian providing high performance ingestion and lossless retrieval

**[Explorer](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/en/knowledge-base/how-to-use-explorer-trending?hsLang=en)** - see and understand your data, trending and visualization

**[Pulse](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/en/knowledge-base/pulse-introduction?hsLang=en)** - secure your platform using industry best-practice OAuth 2.0 and OIDC

[**AI Gateway**](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/knowledge-base/historian-mcp-server?hsLang=en) - MCP server with tools and context to provide AI agent access to your Timebase Historian

 

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