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{{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.}}
{{MovedToMoodle|See CS-001 Computer Science Reference: Glossary}}
{{GlossaryItem|CSS|CSS|Cascading Style Sheets is a programming language that is commonly used with HTML and provides styling for a web page.}}
{{MerlinNoteFromEditor|Please provide a link. I can't find the CS-001 reference or Glossary.}}
{{GlossaryItem|Directory|Directory|a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories)}}
{{GlossaryItem|emacs|emacs|a powerful text editor and environment available on various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS.}}
{{GlossaryItem|File|File|either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device}}
{{GlossaryItem|HTML|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.}}
{{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|PHP|PHP|the most commonly use server-side language.}}
{{GlossaryItem|Process|Process|a program that is being executed by the operating system}}
{{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}}

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See CS-001 Computer Science Reference: Glossary

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