Glossary

What is a Packet? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is a Packet?

Packets are the basic units of data transmitted through a TCP/IP network. Originally conceived as a way to transmit data without a pre-established connection, packets make dynamic data transference possible. Packet data fall into two categories: control information (source and destination network…

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What is Big Data? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Big Data?

Big data is a blanket term for the non-traditional strategies and technologies needed to organize, process, and gather insights from large datasets. Many users and organizations are turning to big data for certain types of workloads, and using it to supplement their existing analysis and business tools. Tools that exist in this space offer different options for interpolating data into a system, storing it, analyzing it, and working with it through visualizations.

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What is Go? — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Go?

Go is a compiled, statically typed programming language similar in syntax to C. Also referred to as “Golang”, Go is well-known for its performance in networking and multiprocessing. Originally designed at Google, Go version 1.0 released in March 2012 as a public open source project, which now has…

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What is Node.js? — step-by-step Javascript tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Node.js?

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. It allows programmers to create fast, scaleable, back-end JavaScript applications. The asynchronous and event-driven nature of Node.js makes it well suited for creating applications that can handle many connections at once, a common task for web servers and other back-end applications.

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What is the DOM? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is the DOM?

The Document Object Model, usually shortened to *the DOM*, is a cross-platform, language-independent application programming interface for HTML and XML documents.

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What is the Private Cloud? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is the Private Cloud?

The term “private cloud” refers to cloud services that are owned and managed by the organization that uses them and available only to the organization’s employees and customers. Private clouds allow organizations to exert greater control over their computing environment and their stored data, which can be necessary for organizations in highly-regulated industries.

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What is Block Storage? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Block Storage?

A block storage service functions as a hard drive provided over the network. Developers can use block storage services to store files, combine multiple devices into a RAID array, or configure a database to write directly to the block storage device.

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What is HTML? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is HTML?

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language used to display documents in a web browser. HTML uses tags to label pieces of content as different parts of a web document, such as headings, paragraphs, or links.

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What is NoSQL? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is NoSQL?

NoSQL is a term generally used to describe any database management system that uses a data model other than the relational model.

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