Coding Acronyms

• AJAX : Asynchronous Javascript and XML
• CDN : Content Delivery Network
• CMS : Content Management System
• CRUD : Create , Read , Update , Delete
• DOM : Document Object Model
• FOSS : Free and Open-source software
• GUI : Graphical User Interface
• IDE : Integrated Development Environment
• JSON : Javascript Object Notation
• OOP : Object-Oriented Programming
• REST : Representational State Transfer
• SCM : Source Control Management
• MR : Merge Request
• PR : Pull Request
• AWD : Android Web Developer
• Dir : Directory
• img : Image
• pre : Preformatted
• src : Source
• var : Variable
• em : Emphasize
• href : Hypertext Reference
• DevOps : Development and Operations
• CI : Continuous Integration
• CD : Continuous Delivery

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🧠 Core Concepts & Protocols

• API: Application Programming Interface — defines how software components interact.
• HTTP/HTTPS: HyperText Transfer Protocol / Secure — foundational web communication protocols.
• SSL/TLS: Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security — encryption protocols for secure communication.
• URL: Uniform Resource Locator — the address of a web resource.

🧪 Testing & Quality

• TDD: Test-Driven Development — writing tests before code.
• BDD: Behavior-Driven Development — testing based on expected behavior.
• QA: Quality Assurance — ensuring software meets standards.
• UAT: User Acceptance Testing — final testing phase before release.

🧰 Tooling & Build Systems

• CLI: Command Line Interface — text-based interface for interacting with software.
• SDK: Software Development Kit — tools for building applications.
• NPM: Node Package Manager — package manager for JavaScript.
• YAML: YAML Ain’t Markup Language — human-readable data serialization format.
• CI/CD: Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment — automating build and release pipelines.

🧱 Frontend Frameworks & Styling

• SPA: Single Page Application — dynamic web apps that load a single HTML page.
• JSX: JavaScript XML — syntax extension used in React.
• CSS: Cascading Style Sheets — styling language for web pages.
• SASS/SCSS: Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets — CSS preprocessor.
• BEM: Block Element Modifier — CSS naming convention.

🧩 Backend & Databases

• SQL: Structured Query Language — used to manage relational databases.
• NoSQL: Non-relational database systems.
• ORM: Object-Relational Mapping — technique for converting data between incompatible systems.
• MVC: Model-View-Controller — architectural pattern for software design.

🔐 Security & Authentication

• JWT: JSON Web Token — used for secure data transmission.
• OAuth: Open Authorization — protocol for token-based authentication.
• XSS: Cross-Site Scripting — a common web security vulnerability.
• CSRF: Cross-Site Request Forgery — another common vulnerability.

🧭 Versioning & Collaboration

• VCS: Version Control System — tracks changes in code (e.g., Git).
• LGTM: Looks Good To Me — informal approval in code reviews.
• RFC: Request for Comments — formal proposal or spec.