# Introduction

There are 4 major concepts to NGXS:

* Store: Global state container, action dispatcher and selector
* Actions: Class describing the action to take and its associated metadata
* State: Class definition of the state
* Selects: State slice selectors

These concepts create a circular control flow traveling from a component dispatching an action, to a store reacting to the action, back to the component through a state select.

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