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Dictionnary

11 fullstack terms, A to Z — what each one means, what it is for, and an example.

Term Category Short definition What it is for Example
CI/CD DevOps Automated build, test and release on every push Shipping small changes often without manual steps push → build → deploy
CORS Browser Browser rules deciding who may call an API cross-origin Opening your API to other domains without opening it to all Access-Control-Allow-Origin
Endpoint API A single URL of an API that answers one operation Naming and versioning each operation your service exposes POST /api/words
Hydration Rendering Client JS attaching events and state to server-rendered HTML Turning static markup into an interactive page after load onclick fires after hydrate
JWT Auth A signed token that carries the session data itself Validating a session without storing it on the server Authorization: Bearer eyJ…
KV Cloudflare Key-value store optimised for very heavy read traffic Configuration and data that is read far more often than written word:kv → {...}
Middleware Backend Code that runs between the request and the final handler Auth, logging and response rewriting in one shared place hooks.server.ts → handle()
Migration Database A versioned script that applies one schema change Reproducing the same schema across every environment 0002_add_category.sql
ORM Database A layer that maps database tables to objects in your language Querying and writing data without hand-written SQL db.user.findMany()
REST API API An HTTP interface that exposes resources through URLs and verbs Letting a frontend, a mobile app or a third party read and write your data GET /api/words/jwt

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