Vocabulary
Terms and definitions used throughout our work.
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3D Graphics
Acceptance Testing
ACID Transactions
Acquisitions
Also known as: acquiring
Advanced Spreadsheets
Also known as: Advanced Spreadsheet
Adverse Selection
Affinity Networks
Also known as: Affinity Group, Affinity Network, affinity network, affinity networks
Agentic AI
Also known as: AI Agents, AI Agent, Agent, Agents
Agentic RAG
Agile Software Development
Also known as: Agile, Agile Development, Agile Methodologies
AI Hallucinations
Also known as: Hallucinations, Hallucination
AI Models
Also known as: Models, AI Model, Model
AI Native Applications
Also known as: AI Native, AI-Native
AI Powered Transcription
AI-Ready Data
All-in-One Platforms
Also known as: All-in-One Platform
AlphaFold
Ambient Awareness
API Authentication
App Builders
Also known as: App Builder
Also known as: App Store
Application Programming Interface
Also known as: API, APIs
Atomic Design
Automated Code Analysis
Automatic Speech Recognition
Also known as: ASR
Also known as: Back-End
Backend Development
Also known as: backend, Back-End, back-end, Backend Development
Behavior-Driven Development
Also known as: BDD
Behavioral Economics
Also known as: Block-Element-Modifier
Blockchain
Also known as: Boilerplate
Brand Voice
Brute Force Attacks
Btrfs
Bug Reporting
Build Systems
Also known as: Build System
Business Intelligence
Business Process Automation
Also known as: CAG
Also known as: chain-of-thought, CoT
Also known as: CSR, Client-Side Rendering
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Native
Code Sandbox
Cognitive Diversity
Also known as: Divergent Thinking
Color Management
Also known as: Open Platforms
Also known as: Command-Line Interface, CLI
Also known as: CLI, Command-Line Interface
Component-Based Software Architecture
Composable Architecture
Also known as: [Composable]
Computational Chemistry
Computer Architecture
Computer Vision
Also known as: CGI
Concurrency
Container Orchestration
Containers
Also known as: Container, Containerization
Content Delivery Networks
Also known as: Content Delivery Network, CDN, CDNs
Content Marketing
Continuous Refactoring
Also known as: Refactoring, Continuous Rewrites
Copypasta
Corporate Venture Capital
Also known as: CVC
Creators
Critical Mass
CRM
Also known as: Customer Relationship Management, CRMs
Cross Platform Applications
Also known as: Cross-Platform
Cross-Site Scripting
Also known as: XSS
CRUD
Customer Experience
Data Analysis
Data Analysis Expressions
Also known as: [DAX]
Data Flow Diagrams
Also known as: DFD
Data Ingestion
Data Labeling
Also known as: Data Annotation
Data Literacy
Data Model
Also known as: Data Modeling
Data Pipelines
Also known as: Data Pipeline
Data Science
Data Standard
Also known as: Data Standards
Data Transformations
Data Visualizations
Also known as: Data Visualization
DataOps
Also known as: [Data Operations, DataOps]
Deck Kit
Deep Fakes
Demand Forecasting
Also known as: demand forecasting
Dependency Management
Desalination Technology
Also known as: Design System
Desktop Application
Dev Ops
Also known as: DevOps, Developer Operations
Developer Community
Developer Tools
Diffs
Also known as: Git Diffs
Also known as: Digital Asset Library
Digital Experience
Also known as: DXP
Digital Transformation
Directed Acyclic Graphs
Also known as: Dags, dags, dag, Dag, DAG, DAGs
Distributed Computing
Distributed Systems
Documentation Engines
Domain-Driven Design
Also known as: DDD
Domains-Specific Language
Also known as: DSL, domain-specific language, domain-specific languages, Domain-Specific Language
E-Commerce
Also known as: eCommerce
Edge Functions
Email Deliverability
Ephemeral Environments
Also known as: Ephemeral Environment
Ergonomics
Also known as: Extended Reality, Virtual Reality, VR, XR
Also known as: Extension Library, Plug-in Library
Extract Load Transform
Also known as: [ELT]
Field Programmable Gate Array
Also known as: FGPA
Forked Repositories
Also known as: Forked Repo, Forked Repository
Freemium
Friction
Also known as: Frontend, frontend
Frontmatter
Full-Stack Development
Also known as: Full Stack, full-stack, full stack, Full-Stack Development
Functional Programming
Graphics Processing Units
Also known as: GPU Architecture, GPU, GPUs
Growth Hacking
Also known as: Hackathon
Hacker Culture
Holacracy
Also known as: ICL
Indy Hackers
Infrastructure as a Service
Also known as: IaaS
Also known as: ISA
Interactive Notebooks
Also known as: Interactive Notebook
Also known as: ICZN
Internet of Things (IoT)
Also known as: IoT
Inventory Management Systems (IMS)
Also known as: IMS
Also known as: Integration Platform as a Service, Integration Platforms
Islands Architecture
JAM Stack
Also known as: KVMs, KVM, Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Key Performance Indicators
Also known as: KPI, KPIs, Key Performance Indicator
Know Your Customer
Also known as: KAG
Knowledge Bases
Also known as: Knowledge Base
Large Language Models
Also known as: LLM, LLMs, Large Language Model
Lead Scoring
Light-Based Computing
Also known as: LAN
Also known as: Local LLMs
Local-First Applications
Also known as: Local-First, Local-First Apps
Lock In
Also known as: lock-in, vendor lock-in
Locus of Control
Logging
Loosely Coupled Monolith
Low Code
Markdown Editor
Also known as: Markdown Editors, Markdown Editor, markdown editor
Market Leaders
Market Standard
Also known as: Market Standard
Markup
Also known as: Markup Language, Markup Languages
Meta Prompting
Microfrontend Architecture
Also known as: Microfrontends, Microfrontend
Microservices
Also known as: Microservice Architecture, Microservice, Microservices Architecture, Microservices Architectures
Also known as: Mini-PCs
Model Routing
Also known as: Model Router, Model Routers
Model-View-Controller
Module Federation
Monolith
Also known as: Monolithic
Monorepo
Also known as: Monorepos
Multi Modal Databases
Also known as: Multi-Agent Systems, MAS
Mythical Man Month
Natural Language Processing
Net Promoter Score
Also known as: NPS
Network Attached Storage Servers
Also known as: Network-Attached-Storage-Server
Object Storage
Object-Oriented Programming
Also known as: OOP
Object-Relational Mapper
Also known as: ORM, Object-Relational Mapping
Also known as: Optical Character Recognition
Also known as: Walkthrough
One-Click Deployments
Organizational Friction
Packages and Libraries
Also known as: Package, Library, Packages, Libraries
Pair Programming
Personalized Medicine
Plex Media Server
Also known as: Plex Server
Also known as: Plug-ins, Addons, Addon, Extensions, Extension, Plug-in
Polyrepo
Also known as: Polyrepos, polyrepo, polyrepos
Predictive Maintenance
Also known as: [predictive maintenance]
Primitive Data
Also known as: PCBs
Process Safety Management
Also known as: PSM Burden
Prompt Templates
Proof-of-Concept
Also known as: Proof of Concept, Proof-of-Concept, proof-of-concept, POC
Proxy Chains
Quality Assurance
Also known as: QA
Also known as: The Everything App
Reference Management System
Also known as: Reference Management, RMS, Reference Management Systems
Relational Databases
Also known as: Relational Database, RDBMS, Relational Database Management System
Release Notes
Remote Patient Monitoring
Also known as: [Remote Monitoring]
Remote Procedure Call
Also known as: RPC
REPL
Also known as: Read-Eval-Print Loop, REPL
REST API
Also known as: REST APIs
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Also known as: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, RAG
Robotic Process Automation
Also known as: RPA, robotic process automation
Robotics
Also known as: RSN
S-Curves
Scalable Architecture
Scalable Vector Graphics
Also known as: SVG, SVGs, Scalable Vector Graphic
SCARP
Also known as: Software Development Kit, SDKs
Search Engine Optimization
Also known as: SEO
Search Engines
Also known as: Self-Host, Self-Hostable
Semantic Caching
Semantic HTML
Semantic Versioning
Also known as: SemVer
Semi Structured Data
Separation of Concerns
Sequential Agents
Also known as: SSR
Serverless
Servers
Service Mesh
Also known as: SSO
Single-Page Applications
Also known as: single-page applications, SPA, SPAs
Also known as: SML, SMLs
Small Scale Nuclear
Software Architecture
Software Architecture Diagrams
Also known as: Architecture Diagrams
Software Bill Of Materials
Also known as: [SBOM]
Spaghetti Code
Spigot Pricing
Standard Verification Rule Format
Also known as: SVRF
Standards Organizations
Also known as: [Standards Organization]
State Management
Also known as: SSG, Static Site Generation, Static Site Generator
Strategic Investment Pipelines
Also known as: strategic investment pipelines
Subscription Economy
Telemetry Data
Also known as: MELT
Also known as: Parsing
Text User Interfaces
Also known as: Text UI, Console User Interfaces, Console UI
The “Founder Effect”
Think Tanks
Also known as: Think Tank
Also known as: Ticket Manager
Tor Network
Trusted Platform Module
Also known as: UI Builder
UI Design
Also known as: UI Designers
UI Testing
Also known as: Universal Character Set, Unicode
Unstructured Data
User Experience
Also known as: UX
User Flow
Also known as: UI
User Research
Also known as: Vector Database
Venture Capital
Also known as: VC
VFX
Also known as: Visual Effects
Vibe Coding
Video Editing
Also known as: Video Editors
Video Generator
Also known as: Video Generators, Video Generation
Virtual Environments
Virtual Machines
Virtual Phone Systems
Also known as: VPS, Personal-Cloud
Voice User Interface
Also known as: VUI, VUIs, Voice User Interfaces
Weak Pointers
Wearables
Also known as: Wearable Devices, Wearable UI
Also known as: Accessibility
Web Browser
Also known as: Web Browsers, Browser, Browsers
Also known as: WebCams
Web Design
Web Scraping
Also known as: Web Scraper, Web Scrapers
Also known as: WSGI
Web Standards
Also known as: Web Standard
Web3
WebAssembly
Also known as: WASM
WebGPU
Workflow Automations
Also known as: Workflow Automation
Also known as: Project Management
Workslop
Wrangling
Also known as: Data Wrangling
WYSIWYG
Zero Marginal Cost
Zettabyte File System
Also known as: ZFS, Zetta File System