This Web community is filled with many technical terms which are called “Jargons” in professional speaking, they are nothing but just fancy words. Because if we think about that they have a very basic meaning that even a 10 year old can understand. But one should know enough to step into this community. In this blog we will understand various of these and also their analogies.
What are Jargons?
Jargons simply are some fancy words used internally in a community. But according to google it is special or technical words that are used by a particular group of people in a particular profession and that other people do not understand.
For Example: People generally says that you should use the best prompt while using ChatGPT to get the best response. So here Prompt is the Jargon which basically means question in layman terms.
Popular Jargons of the Web Development Community:
There are many jargons on the internet standalone but here we’ll focus on majorly used jargons in the area of Web Development with their analogies:
Protocol: They are a set of rules for formatting and processing data.
Analogy: As army has their own protocols and the forces have to follow that.
Session: It is way to store information about user’s activity on the internet, and it ends when the user logs out from a website.
Analogy: It is like a movie ticket, once we enter the hall with that ticket and enjoys the movie and then after coming it, it expires.
Cookie: They are the small pieces of data stored in your browser by a website. It help websites remember user preferences, login details, and other relevant details.
Analogy: It is like a note the shopkeeper gives you, so they remember what you bought the last time you visited.
GET: It is a method used in HTTP to request data to a server.
Analogy: When we Ask for a book in library.
POST: It is a method used in HTTP to send data to a server.
Analogy: When we write a letter to the librarian asking them to add a new book to their collection.
DELETE: A method used in HTTP to remove data from a server.
Analogy: Telling the librarian to remove a book from their shelves.
Compression: It means when we reduce the size of a file to share it over the internet.
Analogy: When there are 6 people sitting in a 5 seater car.
Multiplexing: It means when we send multiple data streams simultaneously over the same connection.
Analogy: It’s like having multiple conversations on different channels of a walkie-talkie at the same time without any interference.
Encryption: It is the process of converting data into a coded format so that only those who have the authorization code can read it.
Analogy: When we write a secret message in code so only someone with the key can read it.
User Agent: It is a computer program representing a person, and in the context of Web Devlopment, it is the Browser.
Analogy: There isn’t any, it’s just your web browser lol.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol): It is a protocol that ensures reliable delivery of data by breaking it into packets, sending them, and reassembling them at the destination in the correct order.
Analogy: When we send a package through courier who double-checks every step to ensure it arrives safely and in the right order.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol): It is a protocol for transferring files between a client and a server over the internet.
Analogy: When you want to send you’re mails through India Post.
IP (Internet Protocol): The set of rules for addressing and routing data so it can travel across networks and reach the correct destination, in layman terms it’s our PC’s name on internet.
Analogy: Your home address on the internet.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator): It is a website’s link which is used to access it.
Analogy: When we go to cinema hall so we get the address to it and then reach there, so in web taxonomy, URL is the address.
DNS (Domain Name System): It is system that translates domain names into IP addresses, so computers can locate each other.
Analogy: It is like phone book which has all the phone numbers corresponding to name.
Header: It is a part of a HTTP request or response that contains metadata like the sender, receiver, and type of data being sent.
Analogy: It is like the label which is on Amazon’s order which has all the details.
Payload: The actual data or content being sent in an HTTP request or response.
Analogy: It is the like the actual data in the Amazon’s order.
Cache: It is a storage location where frequently accessed data is kept to improve performance and reduce loading time.
Analogy: It is like when we save a snack box in our room, so whenever we get hungry we can grab one, instead of going to the kitchen.
Conclusion:
Well there are “n” numbers of Jargons, but we can study these and get a grasp on what that means.