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“terminology” News Archive

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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
“Don’t Use ‘Open Weight’ and ‘Open Source’ Interchangeably”: Percona CEO on Why AI Terminology Matters154
ai, foss
What Is Palpable Content? (rus)153
html, accessibility
What Are Form Controls? (rus)152
forms, html, examples
20 Agentic AI Terms Every Developer Should Know (Explained Simply)151
ai-agents, ai
Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All (j9t)150
career, ai
No New Name Has Replaced “UX” (nng)149
user-experience
We Need a New Word—How About… Zuzai? (map)148
websites, ai
Calling Everything AI-Generated Is Lazy (jed)147
ai
Front-End Doesn’t Exist (dut)146
career
The Web Development Glossary 4K (j9t/fro)145
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
What Is the IndieWeb? (bre)144
indieweb, concepts
Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind (zel/css)143
tailwind
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties” (kiz)142
css, variables, custom-properties
Alt Text or Image Description?141
accessibility, images, alt-text, comparisons
Headers, Headings, and Titles (tem)140
html, headings, comparisons
Vibe Engineering (sim)139
vibe-coding, ai
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)138
accessibility, standards, conformance, compliance, comparisons, wcag
Accessibility Terms Every Content Creator Should Know137
accessibility
Is It JavaScript? (jim)136
javascript, browsers, servers, jsx, typescript
Data vs. Findings vs. Insights in UX (sma)135
user-experience, metrics, comparisons
Cold vs. Hot Observables in Angular With RxJS134
angular, asynchrony, reactivity, examples
Composite vs. Simple Tokens133
design-tokens, comparisons, maintainability
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)132
javascript, support
Views on Views (hdv)131
accessibility, wcag
How I Created a Popular WordPress Theme and Coined the Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) (sma)130
wordpress, themes, history
WCAG 3 a Change of Context (ste)129
accessibility, wcag
10 Backend Terms Every Frontend Developer Should Know128
concepts, architecture, performance
An Overview of the 50 Highest-Ranking Web Design and Development Glossaries (j9t)127
overviews, comparisons, concepts, link-lists
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)126
html, attributes, javascript
Is It “Frontend” or “Front-End” or “Front End”? (mar)125
guest-posts
What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? (j9t)124
html, optimization
Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility123
guides, introductions, accessibility, leadership, processes
What Is User Experience (and What Is It Not)? (nng)122
user-experience, comparisons
What’s the Difference Between Information Architecture and Content Strategy? (jar)121
content, content-strategy, information-architecture, concepts, comparisons
IndieWeb vs. Indie Web (fyr)120
web, indieweb, comparisons
Dev Encyclopedia119
websites, concepts, learning
Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?” (aar)118
accessibility, communication
AT Is More Than Screen Readers (aar)117
accessibility, assistive-tech, screen-readers, concepts
The Anchor Element (hey)116
html, links, semantics, usability
Browsers, Cookies, and Surfing the Web: The Quirky History of Internet Lingo (moz)115
web, history
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)114
accessibility, standards, legal, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
Be Careful Using “Grid” (aar)113
grids
Don’t Refactor the Code112
refactoring, technical-debt, maintenance
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)111
design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, design, documentation, concepts
Visual Design: Glossary (tbf/nng)110
design
Why Designers Aren’t Understood (sma)109
design, career, communication
Doing the Right Thing Right—Validation and Verification108
validation, comparisons
Typography Terms: Glossary (tbf/nng)107
typography
Websites Are Not Books (ons)106
concepts
“Slop” Is the New Name for Unwanted AI-Generated Content (sim)105
ai, slop
The 7 Most Useful Web Design and Web Development Glossaries (apo)104
concepts, link-lists
Latency Numbers Every Frontend Developer Should Know (ind)103
performance, metrics
The Front End Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024 (fro)102
overviews, career, learning, tech-stacks, concepts
Ableism and Related Terms You Need to Know (mer)101
communication, dei
What Is Whitespace? (nng)100
videos, whitespace, design, concepts
What Even Is a JSON Number?99
json
What Even Are Dragging Movements? (cat/spa)98
accessibility, interaction-design
Skeuomorphism (nng)97
design
The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn’t Exist (jak)96
concepts, comparisons
10 Interview Questions Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 2024 (eri)95
interviewing, javascript, career, concepts
What Really Is Technical Debt?94
technical-debt, quality
Decoding Compound Tokens93
design-tokens
Confusing Git Terminology (b0r)92
git
CSS Terminology Demystified (zor/css)91
videos, css
What Is Functional Testing? Definition, Key Concepts, and Types90
testing, concepts
WebGlossary.info (j9t)89
websites, learning, training, concepts
Why Inclusive Language Matters in Coding88
dei, processes, documentation
The Web Development Glossary 3K (j9t/fro)87
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
Good Code Is— (j9t)86
quality
URL Explained: The Fundamentals (itt)85
Bottom Sheets: Definition and UX Guidelines (nng)84
guidelines, mobile, user-experience
48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development (j9t)83
programming, principles
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)82
html, aria, design
A History of Metaphors for the Internet (jos/ver)81
history, web
The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web (whi)80
rendering, server-side-rendering, client-side-rendering
URI vs. URL: The Main Differences Between URL and URI79
urls, comparisons
URL, URI, URN: What’s the Difference?78
urls, comparisons
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)77
standards
ISR vs. DPR: Big Words, Quick Explanation (cas/sma)76
incremental-static-regeneration, rendering, concepts
Acronyms in Web Development (fla)75
Web Crawling vs. Web Scraping74
crawling, scraping, comparisons
Adversarial Interoperability (plu)73
interoperability, concepts, link-lists
What Is Developer Experience (DX)? (chr/css)72
developer-experience, comparisons
Web Crawler vs. Web Scraper: The Differences71
crawling, scraping, comparisons
“The Title ‘Front-End Developer’ Is Obsolete” (chr/css)70
career
The Web Development Glossary (j9t/fro)69
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
How to Debug a Node.js Application: Tips, Tricks, and Tools (cra)68
how-tos, nodejs, debugging, tips-and-tricks, tooling
Ruby vs. Ruby on Rails: Same or Different?67
ruby, ruby-on-rails, metrics, comparisons
JAMstack vs. Jamstack (chr/css)66
jamstack, comparisons
On Writing Better Markup (j9t)65
html, quality, maintainability, performance
Definition of Web Developer (j9t)64
career, tooling
The Ironic Inaccessibility of “a11y” (chr/css)63
accessibility
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web (ati/css)62
links, urls, command-line, tooling, electron
A Reference Guide for Typography in Mobile Web Design (sma)61
guides, typography, mobile
CSS Basics: The Syntax That Matters and the Syntax That Doesn’t (chr/css)60
fundamentals, css, formatting
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)59
css, resets, history, normalize-css, comparisons
Explainer: What Is the Semantic Web? (ren)58
semantic-web, metadata, rdf
Reread the Classics, What Is IxD, UX, and HCI? A Designer’s Perspective (jia)57
interaction-design, user-experience, hci, concepts, comparisons
CSS Ruleset Terminology (chr/css)56
css
What Is the Definition of a “CSS Hack”? (lou)55
css, hacks, browsers
What Is a Headless CMS? (chr/css)54
content-management, headless, concepts
Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (ibo)53
career
Polyfills or Ponyfills?52
polyfills, ecmascript, javascript
CSS Vocabulary51
css, cheat-sheets
On Web Documents and Web Apps (j9t)50
concepts, comparisons
All Code Is Not Equal: On Research and Production Code (j9t)49
concepts, comparisons
Linked Data Glossary (w3c)48
structured-data, semantic-web, concepts
The Overuse of “Censorship” (tan)47
google, censorship
Typography 10146
introductions, typography
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)45
css, vendor-extensions, standards
The Responsive Design Process (mat)44
responsive-design, processes, business-relations
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)43
web, web-platform, trends, standards
Internationalization vs. Localization: What’s the Difference? (cms)42
internationalization, localization, comparisons
Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window (chr/css)41
browsers, viewport, metrics
Web (bgz)40
web, history
The Difference Between a Web Developer and an Engineer39
programming, career
“HTML 5” or “HTML5”? (j9t)38
html
Web 2.OMG (geo)37
web-2.0
The Top 10 Technology Terms That Confuse Clients (cra)36
communication, business-relations
CSS Positioning Properties at a Glance Guide35
guides, css, positioning
URI vs. URL: What’s the Difference?34
urls
Today’s Web 3.0 Nonsense Blogstorm (tim/ore)33
web-3.0, web-2.0, semantic-web, web
Talk Like a Googler: Parts of a URL32
urls
Metadata, Meta Tags, Meta What?31
metadata, html, semantics, concepts
Now You See It, Now You Don’t30
images, decoration, accessibility
Elastic Layout—Wrong Term?29
design, layout, liquid-design, accessibility, css
Web API Glossary of Terms (eva)28
apis
Web 2.0 = the Web27
web, web-2.0
Elements, Tags, and Attributes (j9t)26
html, attributes
Berners-Lee Calls for Web 2.0 Calm (the)25
web-2.0
Perspective: An Axe to Grind With AJAX (cne)24
ajax
WCAG 2.0 (lac)23
wcag, standards, accessibility, conformance, compliance
Minification vs. Obfuscation (dou)22
minification, obfuscation, comparisons, javascript
Search Engine Optimization Basics: Improve Your Standing in Search Engines21
fundamentals, seo, google, link-lists
Move Over AJAX, Welcome AHAH (jus)20
ajax
CSS Patches (sim)19
css, hacks
What Is Web 2.0 (tim/ore)18
web, web-2.0, concepts, comparisons
HTML Tags vs. Elements vs. Attributes17
html, attributes, comparisons
What Is AJAX? (jus)16
ajax
Is “User Experience,” for All Intents and Purposes, Dead? (pet)15
user-experience
The Real Difference Between a URL and a URI (dan)14
urls
DHTML != DOM13
dhtml, dom, javascript
HTML Tags (lac)12
html, comparisons
Redefining Tag Soup, by Faruk Ateş (far/ann)11
html, xhtml, xml
Viewport, Canvas, Root (ann)10
viewport
Tags vs. Elements (ann)9
html, comparisons
What Is Tag Soup? (dav)8
html
XML Glossary7
xml, java, concepts, link-lists
The XML Files6
xml, history
Web Hosting Options5
hosting
All About Web Coding: Techspeak and Front-End Development Demystified4
concepts
What Is XML?3
xml, css, xsl, dom
Web 101 for Dummies2
introductions, web, history
Typography Glossary1
typography