IT Glossary – IT terms explained simply

C

Programming

3 min 3.996 views

Cache

Databases

3 min 1.144 views

Cache Miss

Databases

3 min 859 views

Cache Poisoning

Security

3 min 753 views

Caching

Web development

4 min 4.928 views

Call-to-action (CTA)

IT management

3 min 751 views

Callback

Programming

3 min 1.049 views

Callbacks

Programming

3 min 3.075 views

CAN-SPAM Act

Security

4 min 4.778 views

Canvas

Web development

4 min 5.165 views

CAPTCHA

Security

3 min 749 views

Cardano (ADA)

Security

4 min 1.912 views

Casting

Programming

3 min 2.491 views

CDN

Web development

3 min 878 views

CERT

IT management

3 min 792 views

Certificate Authority

Security

3 min 905 views

Change management

IT management

3 min 759 views

Chaos Computer Club (CCC)

IT management

3 min 901 views

Character Encoding

Operating systems

4 min 831 views

Checksum

Security

3 min 958 views

CIA Triad

IT management

3 min 785 views

Class

Programming

3 min 1.015 views

CLI

Operating systems

3 min 1.184 views

Client Management

IT management

3 min 938 views

Cloud Act

DevOps & Cloud

4 min 832 views

Cloud computing

DevOps & Cloud

3 min 1.062 views

Cloud management

DevOps & Cloud

3 min 786 views

Cloud telephony

DevOps & Cloud

3 min 791 views

Cloudflare

Network

3 min 823 views

Cluster

DevOps & Cloud

3 min 1.218 views

CMS

Web development

3 min 5.395 views

CNAME Records

Network

3 min 1.802 views

Code Review

Software Engineering

3 min 965 views

Codebase

Software Engineering

3 min 1.076 views

Codecodings

Programming

4 min 842 views

Codecs

Operating systems

4 min 3.178 views

Coding Standards

Software Engineering

3 min 4.724 views

Coinhive

Security

3 min 813 views

Cold Boot

Operating systems

3 min 903 views

Collision

Security

3 min 988 views

Command Line

Operating systems

3 min 951 views

Compiler

Programming

3 min 1.083 views

Compression

Programming

3 min 1.102 views

Compression Algorithm

Programming

3 min 860 views

Computer graphics

Data analysis & AI

4 min 3.389 views

Computer virus

Security

3 min 817 views

Computer worm

Security

3 min 763 views

Concurrency

Programming

4 min 3.270 views

Concurrent

Programming

4 min 1.204 views

Concurrent Programming

Programming

3 min 882 views

Configuration Management

IT management

4 min 4.172 views

Connection Pool

Network

3 min 826 views

Container

DevOps & Cloud

3 min 1.187 views

Container

DevOps & Cloud

4 min 1.751 views

Content Delivery Network

Web development

3 min 961 views

Content Marketing

IT management

3 min 3.457 views

Context Switching

Operating systems

4 min 966 views

Continuous Integration

DevOps & Cloud

3 min 1.083 views

Continuous Integration

Software Engineering

4 min 4.973 views

Cookie

Web development

3 min 939 views

Cookie Policy

Web development

3 min 738 views

Cookies

Web development

3 min 1.279 views

Coroutines

Programming

3 min 785 views

CPU

Operating systems

3 min 1.179 views

Credential stuffing

Security

3 min 817 views

Critical Section

Programming

3 min 833 views

CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

IT management

3 min 759 views

Cryptanalysis

Security

3 min 833 views

Cryptography

Security

3 min 892 views

Cryptojacking

Security

3 min 752 views

Cryptolocker

Security

3 min 729 views

CSS

Web development

1 min 1.066 views

CSS modules

Web development

3 min 2.810 views

CSS optimisation

Web development

4 min 4.139 views

CSS3

Web development

3 min 4.272 views

Cursor

Databases

3 min 1.123 views

Cyberattack

Security

3 min 829 views

Cybercrime insurance

Security

3 min 753 views

Cyberheist

Security

3 min 744 views

Cybercrime

Security

3 min 816 views

Cybersecurity

Security

3 min 1.033 views