Buzz words
AJAX
Posted July 4th, 2007Definition:
When you have too many tools at your disposal. You may use some tools for a particular purpose only. Eventhough that tool is capable of more, you will not bother as the choices are many and particularly there is not much time.
XML
Posted July 4th, 2007Definition: (Webopedia)
XML is a markup language for documents containing structured information. A markup language is a mechanism to identify structures in a document. The XML specification defines a standard way to add markup to documents.
CSS level 2
Posted July 4th, 2007Definition: (Webopedia)
Abbreviation for Cascading Style Sheets. Multiple styles will 'cascade' into one while displaying the HTML. Helps in separating design from the content.
PHP - for dynamic web sites
Posted July 4th, 2007Definition: (Webopedia)
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
(As found in www.php.net, the official php site.)
Groupware - project management system
Posted July 4th, 2007Definition: (Webopedia)
Designed to communicate, cooperate with the team/group of developers. And helps to analyse the performance of each person and the group as a whole.
Blogs in business
Posted July 4th, 2007Among the peer group in technology companies, among the marketing team, to run an in-house journal and also to show the latest happenings in the Organization.
Definition: (Webopedia)
Difficult to define. More like an on-line diary. But poised to change the Journalism and News media.
Open source vs Closed source
Posted July 4th, 2007Definition: (Webopedia)
Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria: (Full version available here)
Outsourcing & Contracting
Posted June 30th, 2007Definition: (Webopedia)
Contracting out a company's non core, nonrevenue-producing activities to specialists.