Tech
Glossary.
"Defining the lexicon of modern secure computing, network mechanics, and digital privacy standards."
End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
A secure communication protocol that encrypts chat messages directly on the sender's device, ensuring that only the recipient can read them, blocking ISPs and platform servers from viewing content.
Core Web Vitals
A set of standardized metrics created by Google to help developers measure the actual user experience, visual stability, and loading performance of web pages.
API (Application Programming Interface)
A set of secure protocols that allows separate software applications to communicate and transfer data between each other seamlessly.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
An essential security process where a user provides two distinct forms of identification (e.g., a password and a mobile code) to protect digital accounts.
Open Source
A collaborative software development model where the underlying source code is made publicly available for anyone to inspect, audit, modify, and enhance.
Network Latency
The time delay that occurs as data packets travel across a network connection, directly affecting the responsiveness of online gaming and video calls.
JSON-LD Schema
A structured data format using JSON notation to help search engines easily understand the entities, relationships, and content on a web page.
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
An online privacy service that creates an encrypted tunnel for your internet connection, masking your IP address to protect your personal identity.
Markdown Syntax
A lightweight markup language with plain-text formatting syntax designed so that it can be easily converted into clean HTML for reading.
DNS (Domain Name System)
The decentralized telephone book of the internet that translates human-readable domain names (like ethnickoti.com) into machine-readable IP addresses.