Software Development Glossary

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A

A B Testing A B Testing

Abstraction Abstraction

Acceptance Testing Acceptance Testing

ACID Properties in Databases ACID Properties in Databases

Agile Methodology Agile Methodology

AI agent in modern engineering AI agent in modern engineering

AI Dark Factory Pattern AI Dark Factory Pattern

AI Hallucination AI Hallucination

AI Orchestrator AI Orchestrator

Algorithm Algorithm

Alpha Testing Alpha Testing

Anti-pattern Anti-pattern

API (Application Programming Interface) API (Application Programming Interface)

API Contract API Contract

API Gateway API Gateway

API pagination API pagination

API Security API Security

API VS SDK API VS SDK

Application Security Platform Application Security Platform

Architecture Architecture

Artifact repository Artifact repository

Authentication vs Authorization Authentication vs Authorization

Automated Testing Automated Testing

Autonomous AI Pipeline Autonomous AI Pipeline

B

Background worker Background worker

Backlog in software development Backlog in software development

BASE in Distributed Systems BASE in Distributed Systems

Beta Testing Beta Testing

Blockchain Engineering Blockchain Engineering

Blue-Green deployment Blue-Green deployment

Branching Branching

C

Cache Purge (Nginx) Cache Purge (Nginx)

Caching Caching

Canary deployment Canary deployment

Changelog Changelog

CI/CD Pipeline CI/CD Pipeline

CLAUDE.md Context File CLAUDE.md Context File

Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Native Architecture Cloud Native Architecture

Code freeze Code freeze

Code merge Code merge

Code Review Code Review

Code smell Code smell

Cohesion Cohesion

Column-level Security Column-level Security

Component lifecycle Component lifecycle

Concurrency Concurrency

Configuration drift Configuration drift

Consensus Algorithms Consensus Algorithms

Container registry Container registry

Containerization Containerization

Content Delivery Network (CDN) Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Continuous Delivery (CD) Continuous Delivery (CD)

Continuous deployment Continuous deployment

Continuous Integration (CI) Continuous Integration (CI)

Continuous testing Continuous testing

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Coupling Coupling

Cron job Cron job

Cryptography Cryptography

Cyclomatic complexity Cyclomatic complexity

D

Data Ingestion Data Ingestion

Data Replication in Databases Data Replication in Databases

Data structure Data structure

Database vs Data store Database vs Data store

Deadlock Deadlock

Definition of Done in Agile Development Definition of Done in Agile Development

Definition of Ready in Agile Development Definition of Ready in Agile Development

Deployment Pipeline Deployment Pipeline

Deployment Rollback Deployment Rollback

Design patterns Design patterns

DRY Principle DRY Principle

E

Elastic IP Address Elastic IP Address

Embedding in AI Embedding in AI

Encryption Encryption

Epic in Software Development Epic in Software Development

Event-driven architecture Event-driven architecture

Eventual Consistency in Distributed Databases Eventual Consistency in Distributed Databases

F

Fabric (Python SSH Library) Fabric (Python SSH Library)

Feature Branch Feature Branch

Feature Flag Feature Flag

Feature parity Feature parity

Fine tuning in AI Fine tuning in AI

Framework Framework

Front Running and MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) Front Running and MEV (Maximal Extractable Value)

G

Grafana Grafana

H

Healthcare Data Compliance (HIPAA) Healthcare Data Compliance (HIPAA)

Hotfix for Software Hotfix for Software

Hydration Hydration

I

Idempotency Idempotency

Identity and Access Management Identity and Access Management

Indexing in Database Systems Indexing in Database Systems

Infrastructure as code (IaC) Infrastructure as code (IaC)

Integration Testing Integration Testing

Iterative Development Iterative Development

J

Job queue Job queue

K

KISS Principle KISS Principle

Kubernetes Kubernetes

L

Large Language Model (LLM) Large Language Model (LLM)

Load Testing Load Testing

M

Maintainability index Maintainability index

Memory leak Memory leak

Message queue Message queue

Microservices Architecture Microservices Architecture

Microservices choreography Microservices choreography

Microservices orchestration Microservices orchestration

Middleware Middleware

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Mock Objects Mock Objects

Model inference in AI Model inference in AI

Monolithic Architecture Monolithic Architecture

Multi-Agent System Multi-Agent System

Multi-domain Web Ecosystem Multi-domain Web Ecosystem

Multi-tenant Architecture Multi-tenant Architecture

N

nginx.conf nginx.conf

Non-functional requirement (NFR) Non-functional requirement (NFR)

O

OAuth2 Consent Screen (Google API) OAuth2 Consent Screen (Google API)

Off-chain Computation Off-chain Computation

OME-TIFF (Open Microscopy Environment TIFF) OME-TIFF (Open Microscopy Environment TIFF)

ORM (Object Relational Mapping) ORM (Object Relational Mapping)

P

Pair Programming Pair Programming

Parallel SSH Execution Parallel SSH Execution

Privacy by Design Privacy by Design

Product Backlog Product Backlog

Product Roadmap Product Roadmap

Prompt engineering in AI Prompt engineering in AI

Pull Request Pull Request

Q

Query Optimization in Database Systems Query Optimization in Database Systems

R

Race condition Race condition

Rate Limiting in API Design Rate Limiting in API Design

Reactive programming Reactive programming

Refactoring Refactoring

Regression Testing Regression Testing

Release candidate Release candidate

Release Management Release Management

Repository Repository

Responsive Web Design Responsive Web Design

REST and GraphQL REST and GraphQL

Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) Retrieval augmented generation (RAG)

Retrospective in software engineering Retrospective in software engineering

Reverse Proxy (Nginx) Reverse Proxy (Nginx)

Roadmap Theme Roadmap Theme

Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

Row-level Security (RLS) Row-level Security (RLS)

S

Scalable Infrastructure Scalable Infrastructure

Secrets Management Secrets Management

Secure Coding Secure Coding

Semantic versioning Semantic versioning

Separation of Concerns Separation of Concerns

Server-side rendering (SSR) Server-side rendering (SSR)

Service discovery Service discovery

Service Oriented Architecture Service Oriented Architecture

Shapiro Five-Level Framework Shapiro Five-Level Framework

Sharding in Distributed Systems Sharding in Distributed Systems

Single-page application (SPA) Single-page application (SPA)

sites-available (Nginx) sites-available (Nginx)

Smart Contracts Smart Contracts

Software as a Service (SaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS)

Software Deployment Software Deployment

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

SOLID Principles SOLID Principles

Spec-Driven Development Spec-Driven Development

Sprint Planning Sprint Planning

Sprint Review Sprint Review

Stateful vs Stateless Systems Stateful vs Stateless Systems

Static Code Analysis Static Code Analysis

SVS (Multi-resolution Image Pyramid Format) SVS (Multi-resolution Image Pyramid Format)

System Testing System Testing

T

Technical Debt Technical Debt

Technical Specification Technical Specification

Technical spike Technical spike

Tenant Isolation Tenant Isolation

Threat Modeling Threat Modeling

Throttling in API Design Throttling in API Design

Time To First Byte (TTFB) Time To First Byte (TTFB)

Time to Market in Software Development Time to Market in Software Development

Trunk-based development Trunk-based development

U

Unit Testing Unit Testing

Use Case Use Case

User Experience (UX) User Experience (UX)

User Story User Story

V

Vector database in AI Vector database in AI

Version Control Version Control

vhost (Nginx Virtual Host) vhost (Nginx Virtual Host)

Virtual DOM Virtual DOM

W

Web Application Firewall (WAF) Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Web Performance Optimization Web Performance Optimization

Webhooks Webhooks

Whole Slide Images (WSIs) Whole Slide Images (WSIs)

Work Item in Software Development Work Item in Software Development

Y

YAGNI Principle YAGNI Principle