Technology Glossary

The simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think and learn like humans.

A subset of AI that enables systems to learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.

The delivery of computing services including servers, storage, databases, networking, and software over the internet.

A set of practices that combines software development and IT operations to shorten the development lifecycle.

A set of protocols and tools for building software applications that define how software components should interact.

The practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks.

The process of designing and building systems for collecting, storing, and analyzing data at scale.

An architectural approach where applications are built as a collection of small, independent services.

A method of packaging software so it can run consistently across different computing environments.

An open-source container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment - practices that automate the software release process.

Extremely large datasets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations.

A distributed ledger technology that maintains a continuously growing list of records secured using cryptography.

The network of physical objects embedded with sensors and software to connect and exchange data.

A software distribution model where applications are hosted by a service provider and made available over the internet.