// codekilla.glossary()
Programming glossary.
Every acronym you'll meet in web dev, computer science and security — with a plain-English expansion. Great for interview prep and cross-referencing lessons.
21 term
- 2FA
- Two-Factor Authentication
A8 terms
- ABAC
- Attribute-Based Access Control
- ACID
- Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
- ADT
- Abstract Data Type
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- AJAX
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- APT
- Advanced Persistent Threat
- AWS
- Amazon Web Services
B4 terms
- BASE
- Basically Available, Soft state, Eventually consistent
- BFS
- Breadth-First Search
- BOM
- Browser Object Model
- BST
- Binary Search Tree
C16 terms
- CD
- Continuous Delivery / Deployment
- CDN
- Content Delivery Network
- CI
- Continuous Integration
- CIA
- Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- CLI
- Command Line Interface
- CORS
- Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
- CPU
- Central Processing Unit
- CRUD
- Create, Read, Update, Delete
- CS
- Computer Science
- CSP
- Content Security Policy
- CSR
- Client-Side Rendering
- CSRF
- Cross-Site Request Forgery
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
- CTF
- Capture The Flag
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System
D10 terms
- DB
- Database
- DBMS
- Database Management System
- DDoS
- Distributed Denial of Service
- DFS
- Depth-First Search
- DL
- Deep Learning
- DNS
- Domain Name System
- DOM
- Document Object Model
- DoS
- Denial of Service
- DP
- Dynamic Programming
- DSA
- Data Structures & Algorithms
E1 term
- EDR
- Endpoint Detection and Response
F1 term
- FIFO
- First In, First Out
G7 terms
- GC
- Garbage Collector
- GCP
- Google Cloud Platform
- GDPR
- General Data Protection Regulation
- GPT
- Generative Pre-trained Transformer
- GPU
- Graphics Processing Unit
- GraphQL
- Graph Query Language
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
H4 terms
- HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
- HTTP
- HyperText Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS
- HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
I8 terms
- IaaS
- Infrastructure as a Service
- IaC
- Infrastructure as Code
- IAM
- Identity and Access Management
- IDE
- Integrated Development Environment
- IDS
- Intrusion Detection System
- IO
- Input / Output
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IPS
- Intrusion Prevention System
J2 terms
- JS
- JavaScript
- JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation
K1 term
- K8s
- Kubernetes
L3 terms
- LFI
- Local File Inclusion
- LIFO
- Last In, First Out
- LLM
- Large Language Model
M6 terms
- MDR
- Managed Detection and Response
- MFA
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- MITM
- Man-In-The-Middle
- ML
- Machine Learning
- MVC
- Model-View-Controller
- MVVM
- Model-View-ViewModel
N2 terms
- NLP
- Natural Language Processing
- NoSQL
- Not only SQL
O6 terms
- ODM
- Object-Document Mapping
- OOP
- Object-Oriented Programming
- OOPS
- Object-Oriented Programming System
- ORM
- Object-Relational Mapping
- OS
- Operating System
- OWASP
- Open Worldwide Application Security Project
P6 terms
- PaaS
- Platform as a Service
- PCI
- Payment Card Industry
- PenTest
- Penetration Testing
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
- PKI
- Public Key Infrastructure
- PWA
- Progressive Web App
R9 terms
- RAG
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- RAM
- Random Access Memory
- RBAC
- Role-Based Access Control
- RCE
- Remote Code Execution
- RDBMS
- Relational Database Management System
- REST
- Representational State Transfer
- RFI
- Remote File Inclusion
- ROM
- Read-Only Memory
- RPC
- Remote Procedure Call
S13 terms
- S3
- Simple Storage Service (AWS)
- SaaS
- Software as a Service
- SDK
- Software Development Kit
- SIEM
- Security Information and Event Management
- SOAR
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response
- SOC
- Security Operations Center
- SPA
- Single Page Application
- SQL
- Structured Query Language
- SQLi
- SQL Injection
- SSG
- Static Site Generation
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- SSO
- Single Sign-On
- SSR
- Server-Side Rendering
T3 terms
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security
- TS
- TypeScript
U5 terms
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
- URI
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- UTF
- Unicode Transformation Format
- UUID
- Universally Unique Identifier
V2 terms
- VM
- Virtual Machine
- VPN
- Virtual Private Network
W1 term
- WAF
- Web Application Firewall
X3 terms
- XDR
- Extended Detection and Response
- XML
- eXtensible Markup Language
- XSS
- Cross-Site Scripting
Y1 term
- YAML
- YAML Ain't Markup Language