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Hello world! devterms.io is the crowdsourced dictionary for developers. Got a term that’s scratching your head? You can find definitions for technical terms & programming jargon on DevTerms!

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💡 Today's word of the day is lazy evaluation!

A call-by-need strategy that delays the evaluation of an expression until its value is actually needed and caches the result for future use, avoiding repeated evaluatio…

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What is lazy evaluation?
A call-by-need strategy that delays the evaluation of an expression until its value is actually needed and caches the result for future use, avoiding repeated evaluations.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3)!

A standard protocol for receiving email by downloading it to your computer from a mailbox on the server of an Internet service provider.

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What is Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3)?
A standard protocol for receiving email by downloading it to your computer from a mailbox on the server of an Internet service provider.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Amazon Web Services (AWS)!

A subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments.

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What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
A subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 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 cohesion?
A measure of how well the lines of source code within a module work together.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is glitch!

A short-lived fault in a system, such as a transient fault that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot.

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What is glitch?
A short-lived fault in a system, such as a transient fault that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)!

a list of publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures.

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What is Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)?
a list of publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is AppCache!

A deprecated HTML5 specification used for offline storage of web applications.

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What is AppCache?
A deprecated HTML5 specification used for offline storage of web applications.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is prop drilling!

A situation in React where props are passed through many components to reach a deeply nested component, often leading to maintenance issues.

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What is prop drilling?
A situation in React where props are passed through many components to reach a deeply nested component, often leading to maintenance issues.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is recursion!

A method where the solution to a problem depends on solutions to smaller instances of the same problem.

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What is recursion?
A method where the solution to a problem depends on solutions to smaller instances of the same problem.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Dijkstra's algorithm!

An algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph, which may represent, for example, road networks.

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What is Dijkstra's algorithm?
An algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph, which may represent, for example, road networks.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is duck punching!

A playful term for dynamic reprogramming, allowing for the modification or extension of a programming language or environment at runtime.

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What is duck punching?
A playful term for dynamic reprogramming, allowing for the modification or extension of a programming language or environment at runtime.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 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 Go?
A statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is server-side rendering (SSR)!

A technique used in web development where the server generates HTML for a web page and sends it to the client's browser, allowing faster initial page loads …

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What is server-side rendering (SSR)?
A technique used in web development where the server generates HTML for a web page and sends it to the client's browser, allowing faster initial page loads and improved SEO.
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January 11, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Domain Name System (DNS)!

The system by which internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated.

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What is Domain Name System (DNS)?
The system by which internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Elm!

A functional language that compiles to JavaScript, making it ideal for building reliable web applications.

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What is Elm?
A functional language that compiles to JavaScript, making it ideal for building reliable web applications.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is UX (User Experience)!

The overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.

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What is UX (User Experience)?
The overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is tracing garbage collection!

A method of automatic memory management in programming languages where the runtime system keeps track of which objects are reachable and which are not by tra…

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What is tracing garbage collection?
A method of automatic memory management in programming languages where the runtime system keeps track of which objects are reachable and which are not by tracing references from root objects, reclaiming memory from unreachable objects.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is generational garbage collection!

A type of garbage collection algorithm that categorizes objects by their age and treats them differently based on the assumption that most objects die y…

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What is generational garbage collection?
A type of garbage collection algorithm that categorizes objects by their age and treats them differently based on the assumption that most objects die young.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is frontend!

The part of a website or application that is visible to the user, typically involving the user interface and user experience aspects.

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What is frontend?
The part of a website or application that is visible to the user, typically involving the user interface and user experience aspects.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is R (Language)!

A programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing.

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What is R (Language)?
A programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is end-of-life (EOL)!

The stage in a product's lifecycle when it is no longer supported or sold by the manufacturer.

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What is end-of-life (EOL)?
The stage in a product's lifecycle when it is no longer supported or sold by the manufacturer.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is session!

A period of communication or interaction between a user and a computer system or between two computer systems, often involving the exchange of data.

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What is session?
A period of communication or interaction between a user and a computer system or between two computer systems, often involving the exchange of data.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is build up!

The process of gradually adding components or elements to a system, often referring to the accumulation of software code or features.

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What is build up?
The process of gradually adding components or elements to a system, often referring to the accumulation of software code or features.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is TLA!

Three-Letter Acronym, a term used humorously to describe the abundance of acronyms and abbreviations in technical fields, often causing confusion for those not familiar with the te…

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What is TLA?
Three-Letter Acronym, a term used humorously to describe the abundance of acronyms and abbreviations in technical fields, often causing confusion for those not familiar with the terminology.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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💡 Today's word of the day is Webpack!

A popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications, known for its flexibility, performance optimizations, and support for bundling assets such as JavaScript, CSS,…

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What is Webpack?
A popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications, known for its flexibility, performance optimizations, and support for bundling assets such as JavaScript, CSS, and images, often used in modern web development workflows.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM