Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
From Coder Merlin
Rebecca-weng (talk | contribs) (→D) |
Rebecca-weng (talk | contribs) (→D) |
||
Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
== D == | == D == | ||
{{GlossaryItem|Directory|Directory|a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories).}} | {{GlossaryItem|Directory|Directory|a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories).}} | ||
== E == | == E == |
Revision as of 14:03, 16 November 2021
Within these castle walls be forged Mavens of Computer Science ...
— Merlin, The Coder
A[edit]
- API
- an Application Programming Interface (API) connects computers or software to each other. A common example is logging-in to a third-party site via Google.
B[edit]
C[edit]
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets is a programming language that is commonly used with HTML and provides styling for a web page.
D[edit]
- Directory
- a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories).
E[edit]
- emacs
- a powerful text editor and environment available on various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS.
F[edit]
- File
- either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device
G[edit]
H[edit]
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language, is one of the essential building blocks for web pages. It defines the general structure of a web page, as well as its content. Every single website on the internet uses HTML in one form or another.
I[edit]
J[edit]
- JavaScript
- a high-level programming language, which can be used to fetch data via an API, modify HTML and CSS, and is the core of modern web pages.
K[edit]
L[edit]
M[edit]
N[edit]
O[edit]
P[edit]
- PHP
- the most commonly used server-side language.
- Process
- a program that is being executed by the operating system
Q[edit]
R[edit]
S[edit]
- Shell
- a user interface that provides access to an operating system's services.
- Syntactic Sugar
- syntax within a language which isn't strictly required but, in some manner, generally through increased clarity or readability, makes the syntax easier to understand for humans