IT Glossary – IT terms explained simply

Over 980 technical terms from software development, DevOps, cloud and IT security – explained simply and clearly

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A

Acca

4 min 2.667 views

Algorithms

4 min 978 views

Algorithm

3 min 1.627 views

Anonymous Function

3 min 1.282 views

Array

3 min 1.681 views

ArrayList

5 min 4.910 views

Assembler

3 min 1.296 views

Assembly

3 min 1.788 views

async/await

3 min 4.323 views

Asynchronous

3 min 1.335 views

Asynchronous programming

5 min 1.153 views

Automata theory

4 min 4.220 views

E

Exceptions

3 min 4.486 views

Enumerator

3 min 933 views

Event Loop

3 min 818 views

Event-Driven Programming

3 min 924 views

Exception

2 min 1.612 views

Exception handling

6 min 3.562 views

Encapsulation

6 min 1.119 views

T

Tree structures

4 min 5.435 views

the Observer Pattern

3 min 2.796 views

the Schrödinger equation

4 min 4.781 views

Temporal Logic

1 min 771 views

Thread

2 min 925 views

Thread Pool

3 min 815 views

Threading

3 min 956 views

Threads

4 min 4.529 views

Topological Sorting

3 min 782 views

Tuple

3 min 1.011 views

Tuple Assignment

3 min 778 views

Type Conversion

3 min 838 views

Type Inference

3 min 922 views

TypeScript

3 min 4.103 views

B

Benchmarking

3 min 3.112 views

Binary search

6 min 2.711 views

Binary

3 min 1.486 views

Boolean

3 min 1.851 views

Breadth-First Search

3 min 4.928 views

Buffer

2 min 1.757 views

Bytecode

3 min 1.712 views

C

C

3 min 3.999 views

Callback

3 min 1.051 views

Callbacks

3 min 3.077 views

Casting

3 min 2.493 views

Class

3 min 1.017 views

Codecodings

4 min 845 views

Compiler

3 min 1.086 views

Compression

3 min 1.104 views

Compression Algorithm

3 min 862 views

Concurrency

4 min 3.272 views

Concurrent

4 min 1.206 views

Concurrent Programming

3 min 884 views

Coroutines

3 min 787 views

Critical Section

3 min 835 views

cubic splines

4 min 5.592 views

Comparison of search algorithms

4 min 1.144 views

Character coding

3 min 2.340 views

D

Data Structure

4 min 1.023 views

Data Structures

3 min 3.084 views

Deadlock

3 min 984 views

Decorator

3 min 4.135 views

Dependency Injection

3 min 940 views

Depth-First Search

3 min 905 views

Deterministic

10 min 3.586 views

Dynamic Programming

3 min 798 views

G

General data types

3 min 4.495 views

Garbage Collection

3 min 1.236 views

Garbage Collection Algorithm

3 min 787 views

Generators

3 min 1.489 views

Generators

4 min 3.683 views

Genetic Algorithm

3 min 886 views

Global Scope

3 min 842 views

Graph theory

3 min 1.549 views

Game theory

3 min 2.812 views

F

Feature Detection

4 min 5.077 views

FIFO

3 min 894 views

Floating Point

3 min 972 views

Functional programming

4 min 1.183 views

P

Programming functions

3 min 1.154 views

Parallel

5 min 4.929 views

Parallel programming

6 min 3.343 views

Parallel Programming

4 min 4.720 views

Parsing

3 min 1.194 views

Parsing

4 min 4.195 views

Pointer

3 min 1.128 views

Polymorphism

5 min 3.142 views

Primality

4 min 4.501 views

Primitive Type

3 min 779 views

Priority Queue

3 min 951 views

Programming languages

3 min 2.623 views

Promises

4 min 3.493 views

Promises

3 min 4.774 views

Pseudo code

3 min 914 views

Python

3 min 987 views

Pure functions

4 min 5.143 views

H

Hash Map

3 min 962 views

Hash Table

3 min 1.023 views

HashMaps

4 min 3.841 views

Heap

3 min 897 views

higher functions

3 min 3.889 views

I

if queries

6 min 3.168 views

Immutable

3 min 2.190 views

Immutable Data

3 min 948 views

Infinite Loop

3 min 1.066 views

Inheritance

3 min 1.183 views

Interoperability

3 min 851 views

Iteration

1 min 939 views

Iterative Algorithm

3 min 1.063 views

J

Java

3 min 1.156 views

JDK

3 min 865 views

JVM

3 min 874 views

L

Lambda Function

3 min 939 views

Linear Search

3 min 976 views

Lists

6 min 2.195 views

Locking mechanisms

4 min 1.833 views

Logarithmic Complexity

3 min 1.273 views

Loop Invariant

3 min 1.099 views

Low-level programming

3 min 983 views

linked lists

4 min 1.057 views

M

Machine Code

3 min 1.149 views

Macro

3 min 1.189 views

Map Server

4 min 4.919 views

Matrix

4 min 3.149 views

Media Drop

4 min 955 views

Mergesort

3 min 1.302 views

MIME Type

3 min 823 views

Modules

3 min 1.124 views

Multi-threading

3 min 979 views

Mutable data structures

5 min 935 views

Mutex

4 min 1.080 views

Mutable condition

4 min 3.788 views

N

Namespace

4 min 1.025 views

Namespace Collision

3 min 755 views

S

Side effects

4 min 2.855 views

Scala

3 min 894 views

Scripting

4 min 3.175 views

Search Algorithm

3 min 847 views

Semaphore

3 min 1.296 views

Semaphore variable

3 min 824 views

Singleton

3 min 897 views

Singleton Design Pattern

3 min 847 views

Snippet

3 min 1.068 views

Snippet Sharing

3 min 802 views

Sparse matrix

3 min 920 views

Spline interpolation

3 min 834 views

Stack

3 min 1.133 views

Stack Overflow

4 min 957 views

State Machine

3 min 1.062 views

Stateless

3 min 1.028 views

Static Variable

3 min 835 views

Stream

3 min 860 views

String

3 min 1.221 views

Struct

3 min 956 views

Subroutine

3 min 922 views

Swift

3 min 1.040 views

Synchronisation

3 min 2.003 views

Syntax

3 min 1.021 views

Scope variables

3 min 2.543 views

Z

Zero pointer

3 min 926 views

O

Object Pool

3 min 856 views

Object-Oriented Programming

3 min 877 views

Operator

3 min 1.207 views

Optimisation

4 min 2.509 views

Q

Quantum mechanics

4 min 5.119 views

Queue

3 min 1.017 views

Queue Data Structure

3 min 825 views

Quicksort

3 min 937 views

R

Race Condition

4 min 1.704 views

Reactive Programming

3 min 800 views

Recursion

3 min 1.142 views

Recursive Function

1 min 1.025 views

Reference Types

3 min 4.908 views

Referential Transparency

3 min 910 views

Regex

3 min 824 views

Regular Expression

3 min 774 views

Recursion

4 min 2.912 views

Riemann hypothesis

3 min 5.735 views

Round Robin

3 min 911 views

Ruby

3 min 2.976 views

Runtime

3 min 935 views

U

Unicode

3 min 2.096 views

Unmanaged code

4 min 825 views

Utility Class

3 min 1.100 views

V

Value Type

3 min 1.033 views

Variable

3 min 960 views

Variable scope

3 min 856 views

Variables

4 min 6.021 views

W

Wildcard Matching

3 min 837 views

X

XOR operation

3 min 959 views

Y

Yield Behaviour

3 min 752 views

Yield Curve

3 min 797 views

Yield Generator

3 min 953 views

Yield Lock

4 min 782 views

Yield Processing

4 min 782 views

Yield Statement

3 min 766 views