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Maven: a build automation tool maintained by Apache

Maven repository: a host for maven artifacts

Maven Central: the biggest host, maintained by Sonatype

JFrog: a company

Bintray: JFrog’s maven repository

Artifactory: JFrog’s repository manager that anyone can self-host

Jcenter: JFrog’s public instance of Artifactory that syncs to Maven Central

Sonatype: a company

Sonatype Nexus: Sonatype’s repository manager that anyone can self-host

Sonatype OSSRH: Sonatype’s public instance of Nexus that syncs to maven central

FYI: there are other semi-real-time mirrors of maven central, such as one hosted on Google Cloud Platform

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joschi commented Feb 5, 2021

It's Sonatype OSSRH. 😉

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saket commented Feb 6, 2021

Fixed, thank you!

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