When a logical expression's result is returned without evaluation of some part of the expression, increasing efficiency.
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GET
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An HTTP method in which the client requests data such as a webpage. The client might provide some data as part of the request in the query string of the URL.
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HTML5
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A new version of Hypertext Markup Language expected to be finalized in Fall 2014.
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RFC
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The misnomer stands for "Request for comments." RFCs are official, finalized documents about Internet standards and protocols from the Internet Engineering Task Force.
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NoSQL
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Database management systems that handle non-relational data like documents, increasingly used for maintaining and querying the large amounts of data from the Internet. Queries can be made using "Not only Structured Query Language."
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Derived Data Set
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Data selected or calculated from another data set using algorithms.
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JavaScript
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A client-side scripting language used to write programs that are embedded in web pages, often to make a web page more interactive.
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Normalization
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Optimizing a database for maintenance, memory usage, and access speed.
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First Normal Form
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The most important three requirements of a database for optimization.
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MySQL
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The most common version of the Structured Query Language, a language for creating, maintaining, and querying a database.
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Second Normal Form
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Requires a database in First Normal Form and further optimizes it.
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e-commerce
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Buying and selling of goods online.
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Scrum Poker
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A planning tool used to estimate time and value of tasks and avoid anchoring.
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Server-Side Script
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A program executed on a web server before packets are sent to the client.
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W3C Technical Report
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A final document on a standard or protocol from the World Wide Web Consortium.
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PHP
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"PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor," named recursively, is the most common server-side scripting language, allowing a web server to produce a web page "on the fly" based on data provided by the client.
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POST
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An HTTP method that accepts data from the client, such as posting a comment on a website. This method is used any time the state of the server will be changed.
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Client-Side Scripting
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A program downloaded as part of a web page executed by the browser on the user's computer.
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Primary Key
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The column in a data table in which each row contains a unique identifier.
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Big-O Notation
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A way of expressing the worst-case run-time of an algorithm, useful for comparing the speed of two algorithms.
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W3C Working Group
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An organization within the World Wide Web Consortium focused on one W3C Activity intended to develop or evolve a web technology.
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DBMS
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Database management system, a software suite designed to organize and search data.
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Relational Database
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Database with multiple tables of data in which the tables have some column in common, allowing for cross-referencing of tables.
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Third Normal Form
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Requires a database in Second Normal Form and further optimizes it, generally regarded as fine-tuning.