Tech Terms Explained Simply

API

web-development

Application Programming Interface - a set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Overview

REST

web-development

Representational State Transfer - an architectural style for designing networked applications, particularly web services.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST https://restfulapi.net/

CSS

web-development frontend software-engineering

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is what makes websites look nice. It controls things like colors, fonts, spacing, and layout. HTML is the structure of the page, and CSS is the style.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS

Frontend

web-development frontend

The frontend is everything you see on a website — buttons, colors, images, and text. It's the part of the website you interact with directly.

https://roadmap.sh/frontend

Backend

web-development backend

The backend is like the behind-the-scenes part of a website. It handles the logic, databases, and everything that makes the website work, but that users don't see.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side https://roadmap.sh/backend

JavaScript

web-development frontend

JavaScript is a programming language that makes websites interactive. It's what lets you click buttons, open menus, play videos, or check forms in your browser. Most websites use it.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript https://javascript.info/