Let denote the simplex category. This is the category having finite ordinals as objects and as morphisms monotone maps thereof.
Let be a simplicial set?. The category of simplicial sets we denote by .
Let be the terminal category (the category with one object and one morphism . Then is the discrete category of sets; this is the class of sets and the class of morphisms consists only of the identities.
Let denote the category with two objects and morphism set . is called the walking quiver.
A functor is called a quiver?. This is just a directed graph perhaps with multiple edges and loops.
Denote the category of quivers with natural transformations thereof as morphisms by .