A
- API
- API stands for Application Programming Interface, which is a set of protocols and tools for building application software to communicate over the internet.
B
- BROWSER
- A browser is a computer program that stays on a computer enabling users to use the computer to view WWW documents and access the Internet. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Safari, and Opera represent some browser examples.
D
- DELETE Method
- Delete a resource from the server.
F
- FTP
- FTP is the abbreviation for File Transfer Protocol. It is a network protocol that is a standard. FTP can be used to transfer files from one computer to another over a TCP-enabled network. The FTP protocol is often used to upload web pages to a hosting server. It can be used to access online software files or to transfer files between an account and a desktop computer.
H
- HOST
- This represents a computer on a network that contains services available to other computers on the network.
- HTML
- (Hypertext Markup Language) – It is the code in which the World Wide Web documents are written, which uses “tags” to tell browsers which parts of a Home Page are icons, displayed as links, or have hierarchical importance, etc.
- HTTP
- HTTP or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the communications protocol that enables browsing the Web.
- HTTP Methods
- POST, GET, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE are the most commonly used HTTP methods. They are equivalent to the Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations within a database.
- HYPERTEXT
- Is a system in which different types of documents such as text, images, or sounds are linked and can be accessed using a “browser”.
I
- IP
- IP stands for “Internet Protocol,” which is the set of rules governing the data sent over the internet or local network.
- IP ADDRESS
This is the address (numeric address) of a computer that is connected to the Internet. IP addresses are the identifier that allows information to be sent between devices on a network, they contain location information and make devices accessible for communication.
J
- JSON
- JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and is simply a data representation format. It is a lightweight format for storing and transporting data.
O
- OS
- This represents the actual software that manages a computer system. For example, Windows XP is an OS as well as Windows Vista and Windows 7.
- Open API
- OpenAPI Specification (formerly Swagger Specification) is an API description format for REST APIs. An OpenAPI file allows you to describe your entire API.
P
- PATCH method
- PATCH method is used to partially modify the specified resource on the server.
- POST Method
- POST method is used to send data to a server to create a resource. The HTTP standard says that a POST request should be used when attempting to create a new resource representation. The POST request’s body contains the suggested state representation of the new resource to be added to the server.
- PUT Method
- The HTTP PUT method is used to update or replace an existing resource on the server.
R
- REST
- REST stands for Representational State Transfer, and is a popular architectural style for software, especially web APIs.
U
- URL
- URL acronym stands for the Uniform Resource Locator, it’s the address of a resource on the Internet.
W
- WWW
- WWW acronym stands for the World Wide Web, it’s a term that is used when referring to “The Internet”. It represents the part of the Internet that uses (linking) HTML pages.
