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What is SSL? Secure Sockets Layer, a cryptographic protocol that provides secure communication over a computer network, commonly used to secure web traffic between a web browser and a server.

💡 Today's word of the day is SSL!

Secure Sockets Layer, a cryptographic protocol that provides secure communication over a computer network, commonly used to secure web traffic between a web browser and a server.

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What is Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP)? A design document providing information to the Python community, or describing a new feature for Python or its processes or environment.

💡 Today's word of the day is Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP)!

A design document providing information to the Python community, or describing a new feature for Python or its processes or environment.

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What is PaaS (Platform as a Service)? A cloud computing service that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure.

💡 Today's word of the day is PaaS (Platform as a Service)!

A cloud computing service that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maint…

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What is emulation? Emulation refers to the process of imitating the behavior of one computer system or electronic device using another computer system or electronic device. In other words, it's the ability of a system (the emulator) to behave like another system (the emulated system), often for the purpose of running software or applications designed for the emulated system.

💡 Today's word of the day is emulation!

Emulation refers to the process of imitating the behavior of one computer system or electronic device using another computer system or electronic device. In other words, it's…

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What is machine code? A set of instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit (CPU).

💡 Today's word of the day is machine code!

A set of instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit (CPU).

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What is Netcat? A networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP.

💡 Today's word of the day is Netcat!

A networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP.

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What is cohesion? A measure of how well the lines of source code within a module work together.

💡 Today's word of the day is cohesion!

A measure of how well the lines of source code within a module work together.

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What is tuple (Python)? A data structure in Python used to store an immutable sequence of elements, often used to represent a fixed collection of related data.

💡 Today's word of the day is tuple (Python)!

A data structure in Python used to store an immutable sequence of elements, often used to represent a fixed collection of related data.

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What is lifecycle (rendering)? In the context of web frameworks, the series of events that occur from the instantiation of a web page/component to its destruction, including creation, update, and teardown stages.

💡 Today's word of the day is lifecycle (rendering)!

In the context of web frameworks, the series of events that occur from the instantiation of a web page/component to its destruction, including creation, update, a…

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What is delegate? An object that represents a method, allowing methods to be passed as parameters.

💡 Today's word of the day is delegate!

An object that represents a method, allowing methods to be passed as parameters.

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What is domain-driven design (DDD)? an approach to software development that centers the development on the core domain logic and domain experts' knowledge.

💡 Today's word of the day is domain-driven design (DDD)!

an approach to software development that centers the development on the core domain logic and domain experts' knowledge.

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What is recursive acronym? An acronym that refers to itself in the expression for which it stands, often used in the names of software and programming languages.

💡 Today's word of the day is recursive acronym!

An acronym that refers to itself in the expression for which it stands, often used in the names of software and programming languages.

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What is lexer? A program or subroutine that performs lexical analysis, converting a sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens.

💡 Today's word of the day is lexer!

A program or subroutine that performs lexical analysis, converting a sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens.

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What is Sass? Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets, a preprocessor scripting language that is interpreted or compiled into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

💡 Today's word of the day is Sass!

Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets, a preprocessor scripting language that is interpreted or compiled into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

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What is LOLCODE? An esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in memes of the LOLcats.

💡 Today's word of the day is LOLCODE!

An esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in memes of the LOLcats.

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What is segfault (segmentation fault)? An error that occurs when a program tries to access a memory location that it's not allowed to access, typically resulting in a crash.

💡 Today's word of the day is segfault (segmentation fault)!

An error that occurs when a program tries to access a memory location that it's not allowed to access, typically resulting in a crash.

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What is Crystal? A programming language with a syntax similar to Ruby, but with a static type system and compiled output for efficiency.

💡 Today's word of the day is Crystal!

A programming language with a syntax similar to Ruby, but with a static type system and compiled output for efficiency.

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What is regression? The act of returning to a previous state. In software, regression refers to software bugs that have reappeared in a new version after having been fixed in a previous version.

💡 Today's word of the day is regression!

The act of returning to a previous state. In software, regression refers to software bugs that have reappeared in a new version after having been fixed in a previous version…

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What is reproduce? To recreate a specific situation or issue to observe, diagnose, and potentially fix problems.

💡 Today's word of the day is reproduce!

To recreate a specific situation or issue to observe, diagnose, and potentially fix problems.

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What is master? In the context of version control systems like Git, the default development branch from which all other branches are typically created.

💡 Today's word of the day is master!

In the context of version control systems like Git, the default development branch from which all other branches are typically created.

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What is SQL injection? A type of security vulnerability in which an attacker can execute malicious SQL statements by manipulating input data, typically through web forms or URL parameters.

💡 Today's word of the day is SQL injection!

A type of security vulnerability in which an attacker can execute malicious SQL statements by manipulating input data, typically through web forms or URL parameters.

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What is false? A boolean value indicating the opposite of true, used in programming to represent a negative condition or a condition that has not been met.

💡 Today's word of the day is false!

A boolean value indicating the opposite of true, used in programming to represent a negative condition or a condition that has not been met.

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What is SUT (system under test)? The component or system being tested in software testing, typically the subject of a test case or experiment.

💡 Today's word of the day is SUT (system under test)!

The component or system being tested in software testing, typically the subject of a test case or experiment.

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What is C? A general-purpose, procedural computer programming language supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope, and recursion.

💡 Today's word of the day is C!

A general-purpose, procedural computer programming language supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope, and recursion.

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What is callback? A function passed into another function as an argument, which is then invoked inside the outer function to complete some kind of routine or action.

💡 Today's word of the day is callback!

A function passed into another function as an argument, which is then invoked inside the outer function to complete some kind of routine or action.

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What is artificial general intelligence? A non-human mechanism that demonstrates a broad range of problem solving, creativity, and adaptability.

💡 Today's word of the day is artificial general intelligence!

A non-human mechanism that demonstrates a broad range of problem solving, creativity, and adaptability.

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What is Go? A statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson.

💡 Today's word of the day is Go!

A statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson.

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What is hashcat? Hashcat is a powerful password recovery tool capable of cracking hashed passwords. It supports various algorithms and attack methods for decryption.

💡 Today's word of the day is hashcat!

Hashcat is a powerful password recovery tool capable of cracking hashed passwords. It supports various algorithms and attack methods for decryption.

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What is toolchain? A set of programming tools, libraries, and utilities used to develop software applications, typically including compilers, debuggers, build systems, and version control systems.

💡 Today's word of the day is toolchain!

A set of programming tools, libraries, and utilities used to develop software applications, typically including compilers, debuggers, build systems, and version control syste…

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