We love our terms and acronyms, don’t we? They help us communicate complex notions with just a few characters; however, they can also be an obstacle when you are learning new stuff. This page covers a list of mostly developer-related terms and acronyms with links to further explanations about them.
- A/B Testing
- API
- Adaptive Design
- Agile Software Development
- Algorithm
- Automation
- Backlog
- bash
- BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)
- Big Data
- Big Query
- Browser
- Bug
- Bundling
- Burn Rate
- C#
- C++
- CMS (Content Management System)
- CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation)
- CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
- CTA (Call to Action)
- C
- Cache
- Churn Rate
- Code Editor
- CommonJS
- Container
- CI (Continuous Integration)
- Cookie
- Crawl
- DNS (Domain Name System)
- DNS Record Types
- DPI (Dots Per Inch)
- Data Structure
- Debugging
- Deployment
- Design
- DevOps
- Docker
- Domain
- ECMAScript
- Erlang
- FMP (First Meaningful Paint)
- FP (Functional Programming)
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- FaaS
- Favicon
- Framework
- Front End and Back End
- Full-Stack
- GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- GitHub
- Git
- Go
- GraphQL
- Haskell
- HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
- HTTP Response Status Codes
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- humans.txt
- Hybrid App
- Hypervisor
- IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
- Inbound Marketing
- Information Architecture
- Integration Testing
- JAM Stack
- JavaScript
- Java
- Kaizen
- Kanban
- Kubernetes
- LAMP Stack
- Library
- Lisp
- Local Storage
- MEAN Stack
- MERN Stack
- Mocking
- MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
- MTTR (Mean Time to Repair)
- MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
- Machine Learning
- Minification
- Mobile App
- Mockup
- Module
- Navigation
- NIH (Not Invented Here)
- NoSQL
- Node.js
- Orchestration
- OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)
- OOTB (Out of the Box)
- OSI Model
- OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)
- Operating System
- PaaS (Platform as a Service)
- Plugin
- Pod
- Production
- Protocol Buffers
- Prototype
- Python
- RAM (Random-Access Memory))
- REST (Representational State Transfer)
- Redirect
- Registrar
- Resolution
- Responsive Design
- Roadmap
- robots.txt
- Ruby
- Rust
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
- SQL (Structured Query Language)
- SSD (Solid-State Drive)
- SSH (Secure Shell)
- SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Scheme
- Scrape
- Scrum
- Server
- Separation of Concerns
- Spying
- Serverless
- Session Storage
- Sitemap
- Smalltalk
- Software Stack
- Source Control
- SOLID
- Sprint
- TDD (Test-Driven Development)
- TLS
- TTFB (Time to First Byte)
- Tags
- Template
- Test Stub
- Text Editor
- UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
- UI Design
- UI (User Interface)
- UX Design
- UX (User Experience)
- Unit Testing
- Usability Testing
- User Agent
- User Research
- WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
- Waterfall
- Web App
- Widget
- Wireframe
- YAGNI
- zsh
Until next time… May the source be with you 🦄.
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▶ A Glossary of Mostly Developer-Related Things