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AJAX
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML - a set of web development techniques using many web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator - a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
MVC
Model-View-Controller - a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divide the related program logic into three interconnected elements.
DOM
Document Object Model - a cross-platform and language-independent interface that treats an XML or HTML document as a tree structure wherein each node is an object representing a part of the document.
SEO
Search Engine Optimization - the process of improving the quality and quantity of website traffic by increasing the visibility of a website or a web page to users of a web search engine.
SSH
Secure Shell - a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language - the standard markup language used to create web pages.
UX
User Experience - involves a person's emotions and attitudes about using a particular product, system, or service. It includes the practical, experiential, affective, meaningful and valuable aspects of human-computer interaction and product ownership.
REST
Representational State Transfer - an architectural style for designing networked applications. RESTful systems, often called RESTful APIs, are characterized by how they are stateless and separate the concerns of client and server.
SQL
Structured Query Language - a standard language for storing, manipulating, and retrieving data in databases.
JS
JavaScript - a programming language that enables interactive web pages. It is a part of the web browser.
PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor (originally Personal Home Page) - a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.
API
Application Programming Interface - a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software and applications.
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure - an extension of HTTP. It is used for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet.
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation - an open standard file format, and data interchange format, that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and array data types.
XML
eXtensible Markup Language - a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets - a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in HTML or XML.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol - a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network.
UI
User Interface - the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is effective operation and control of the machine and feedback from the machine which aids the operator in making operational decisions.
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