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A glossary of common terms used in software development.

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2FA (Two-factor authentication)

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3D modeling3D printing

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4GL (Fourth-generation programming language)

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5G (Fifth-generation wireless)

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A* algorithmAJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)API (Application Programming Interface)API documentationAR (Augmented Reality)ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)AbstractionAcceptance testingAgileAgile developmentAgile manifestoAgile methodologyAgile software developmentAlgorithmAnnotationAnt Colony OptimizationAnt Colony Optimization AlgorithmAnti-patternApplication Programming Interface (API)Approximation AlgorithmArchitectureArrayArtifactArtificial Neural NetworkAspect-oriented programming (AOP)Assembly languageAssertionAsynchronous programmingAuthenticationAuthorization

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BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)Back-endBack-end developmentBackend as a Service (BaaS)BacklogBacktrackingBacktracking AlgorithmBackupBandwidthBellman-Ford AlgorithmBeta testingBig DataBig O NotationBinaryBinary SearchBinary TreeBinary codeBitBlack box testingBlockchainBooleanBootstrapBottleneckBranchBranch and BoundBranch-and-BoundBreadth-First SearchBrute Force AlgorithmBubble SortBugBuildBurn down chartBurn-down chartByteBytecode

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CDN (Content Delivery Network)CGI (Common Gateway Interface)CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment)CMS (Content Management System)CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)CacheCachingCallbackClassClientClient-server architectureClient-sideClosureCloud computingCodeCode repositoryCode reviewCollaborative filteringCommand line interface (CLI)CompilerComputer programComputer visionConcurrent programmingConditional StatementConfiguration managementConstructorContainerContainerizationContinuous deliveryContinuous delivery (CD)Continuous deploymentContinuous integrationContinuous integration (CI)ControllerConvergenceConvex Optimization AlgorithmCookieCross-platformCryptographyCursorCybersecurity

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DBMS (Database Management System)DNS (Domain Name System)DOM (Document Object Model)DOS (Disk Operating System)DSL (Domain-Specific Language)DaemonData AnalyticsData IntegrationData WarehouseData miningData structureDatabaseDebug symbolDebuggerDebuggingDeclarationDeep learningDependencyDependency injectionDeploymentDepth-first searchDesign patternDesign patternsDesktop applicationDevOpsDevOps (Development and Operations)Development environmentDiff (Differences)Digital signatureDijkstra's algorithmDistributed computingDistributed systemDistributed systemsDivide and ConquerDivide and Conquer AlgorithmDivide-and-ConquerDockerDocument Object Model (DOM)DocumentationDomain nameDomain-driven designDomain-driven design (DDD)Domain-specific language (DSL)Dynamic Programming AlgorithmDynamic programming

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E-commerce (Electronic commerce)ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)EclipseEditorElixirEncapsulationEncryptionEndpointEntityEpicError handlingExceptionException handlingExpressExtreme programming

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FTP (File Transfer Protocol)FactoryFeatureFeature flagFile systemFirewallFlaskFloyd-Warshall algorithmForkFrameworkFrameworksFront endFront-endFront-end developmentFrontend as a Service (FaaS)Full stack developerFull-stackFunctionFunctional programming

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GUI (Graphical User Interface)Garbage collectionGenetic AlgorithmGitGitHubGlobal variableGoGraph Search AlgorithmGraphQLGraphical user interface (GUI)Greedy Algorithm

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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)HadoopHash tableHashingHeapHeap SortHeapsortHeuristic AlgorithmHidden Markov modelHill Climbing AlgorithmHill climbing

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IDE (Integrated Development Environment)IDE (Integrated Development Environment)IP (Internet Protocol)IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)ImmutableInfrastructure as Code (IaC)InheritanceInput/output (I/O)Insertion SortIntegerInteger Programming AlgorithmIntegrationIntegration testingInterfaceInterpreterIteration

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JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)JIT (Just-In-Time)JIT (Just-In-Time) compilerJSONJSON (JavaScript Object Notation)JVM (Java Virtual Machine)JavaScript

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K-means clusteringKanbanKeywordKnapsack ProblemKubernetes

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Las Vegas AlgorithmLibraryLinear Programming AlgorithmLinear SearchLinkerLinuxListLoad testingLoop

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MVC (Model-View-Controller)MVC (Model-View-Controller)Machine learningMapMarkdownMemoizationMemory leakMergeMerge SortMetadataMetaheuristic AlgorithmMethodMicroservicesMiddlewareMobile developmentMobile-firstMockingModel-view-controller (MVC)ModuleMonolithMonolithicMonte Carlo AlgorithmMonte Carlo Tree Search

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Naive BayesNamespaceNative codeNetwork Flow AlgorithmNetwork programmingNeural NetworkNoSQLNode.jsNonlinear Optimization Algorithm

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ORM (Object-Relational Mapping)ObjectObject-oriented programmingObject-oriented programming (OOP)Open sourceOpen-sourceOperating system (OS)Operator

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PHPPaaS (Platform as a Service)PackagePackage managerPair programmingParallel programmingParserParsingPatchPerformance OptimizationPerformance testingPlatformPlatform as a Service (PaaS)PluginPolymorphismPortabilityPostgreSQLProcedural programmingProduct backlogProfilerProgramProgressive Web App (PWA)ProtocolPrototypePull requestPython

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QA (Quality Assurance)Quality assurance (QA)QueryQuick SortQuicksort

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RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)RESTREST (Representational State Transfer)REST APIRESTful APIRadix SortRandomized AlgorithmReactRecursionRefactoringRegression testingRegular expressionRegular expression (regex)RepositoryResponsive DesignReverse engineeringRubyRuntime

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SDKSDK (Software Development Kit)SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture)SQLSQL (Structured Query Language)SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)SVN (Subversion)SaaS (Software as a Service)ScalabilitySchemaScrumSearching AlgorithmSecuritySecurity testingSegmentation faultSelection SortSemaphoreSerializationServerServerlessServerless computingServiceService-oriented architecture (SOA)Simulated AnnealingSimulated Annealing AlgorithmSingletonSoftware architectureSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Software designSoftware development kit (SDK)Software development life cycle (SDLC)Software engineeringSoftware testingSorting AlgorithmSource CodeSprintStackStand-up meetingStatic analysisStatic site generatorStatic typingStatic variableStringStructSubroutineSubversion (SVN)Support Vector MachineSwarm Intelligence AlgorithmSwiftSyntaxSystem testing

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TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)Tabu Search AlgorithmTechnical debtTemplateTest automationTest caseTest coverageTest planTest suiteTest-driven development (TDD)TestingText editorThreadThrowTokenTopological SortingTopological sortTraceabilityTraceability matrixTraveling Salesman ProblemTreeTree TraversalTupleTwo-Pointer AlgorithmTypeType conversionTypecasting

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UAT (User Acceptance Testing)UI (User Interface)UI (User Interface)UML (Unified Modeling Language)UNIXURL (Uniform Resource Locator)Uniform Cost SearchUnit testingUsability testingUse caseUser acceptance testing (UAT)User experience (UX)User interfaceUser interface (UI)User story

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VM (Virtual Machine)VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)VPN (Virtual Private Network)VariableVelocityVersion controlVersioningVirtual machineVirtual machine (VM)Virtual reality (VR)Visualization

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WaterfallWaterfall modelWaterfall software developmentWeb applicationWeb browserWeb developmentWeb serverWeb serviceWeb servicesWebSocketWebhookWi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)WindowWireframeWorkflowWrapper

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XMLXML (Extensible Markup Language)

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YAMLYAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)

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Zero-day vulnerabilityZip file

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