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{{GlossaryItem|API|API|an Application Programming Interface (API) connects computers or software to each other | {{GlossaryItem|API|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.}} | ||
{{GlossaryItem|ASCII|ASCII|American Standard Code for Information Interchange; ASCII codes represent characters and text in computers and other electronic communication devices | {{GlossaryItem|ASCII|ASCII|American Standard Code for Information Interchange; ASCII codes represent characters and text in computers and other electronic communication devices}} | ||
== B == | == B == | ||
== C == | == C == | ||
{{GlossaryItem|CSS|CSS|Cascading Style Sheets is a programming language that is commonly used with HTML and provides styling for a web page | {{GlossaryItem|CSS|CSS|Cascading Style Sheets is a programming language that is commonly used with HTML and provides styling for a web page}} | ||
== 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 == | ||
{{GlossaryItem|emacs|emacs|a powerful text editor and environment available on various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS | {{GlossaryItem|emacs|emacs|a powerful text editor and environment available on various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS}} | ||
== F == | == F == | ||
{{GlossaryItem|File|File|either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device}} | {{GlossaryItem|File|File|either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device}} | ||
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{{GlossaryItem|JavaScript|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 | {{GlossaryItem|JavaScript|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}} | ||
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{{GlossaryItem|Shell|Shell|a user interface that provides access to an operating system's services | {{GlossaryItem|Shell|Shell|a user interface that provides access to an operating system's services}} | ||
{{GlossaryItem|Syntactic_Sugar|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}} | {{GlossaryItem|Syntactic_Sugar|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}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:15, 16 November 2021
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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.
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange; ASCII codes represent characters and text in computers and other electronic communication devices
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
- Positional Notation
- a method of encoding numbers that uses the same symbol for different orders of magnitude depending on its position; the value of a position is dependent on the location within the number
- Python
- a free, high-level open source programming language that can be used in both front-end and back-end development
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