Definitions

Acronyms

Throughout this course, we will be using a variety of acronyms. Here's a running list of some of the most popular:

Acronym	Definition	Topic
ACID	Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability	Relational Databases
ANSI	American National Standards Institute	Programming
API	Application Programming Interface	Programming
CAP Theorem	Consistency, Availability, Partition Tolerance	Relational Databases
CRUD	Create, Read, Update, Delete	Programming
DI	Dependency Injection	Programming
DNS	Domain Name Servers	Networking
DRY	Don't Repeat Yourself	Programming
DVCS	Distributed Version Control System	Source Control
GUI	Graphical User Interface	General
GUID	Globally Unique Identifier	Relational Databases
IDE	Integrated Development Environment	Programming
IoC	Inversion of Control	Architecture
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation	Programming
KISS	Keep it Simple, Stupid	Programming
LAN	Local Area Network	Networking
LINQ	Language Integrated Query	Programming
LOC	Lines of Code	Programming
MVC	Model, View, Controller	Architecture
NAS	Network Attached Storage	General
NAT	Network Address Translation	Networking
OOP	Object Oriented Programming	Programming
OOPL	Object Oriented Programming Language	Programming
OS	Operating System	General
RDP	Remote Desktop Protocol	General
REST	Representational State Transfer	Web Development
REST API	Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface	Programming
RTFM	Read the F * cking Manual	Programming
SCM	Source Control Management	Programming
SLOC	Source Lines of Code	Programming
SQL	Structured Query Language	Programming
SRP	Single Responsibility Principle	Programming
SSH	Secure Shell	Programming
SVN	Subversion: SCM Tool	Source Control
TDD	Test Driven Development	Programming
TFS	Team Foundation Server: Microsoft SCM Integrated Server Suite	Source Control
UI	User Interface: The space where humans and machines interact	Programming
VM	Virtual Machine	General
VPN	Virtual Private Network	General
WAN	Wide Area Network	Networking
WPF	Windows Presentation Foundation	OS

CRUD Definitions

Loose mapping of CRUD terminology with a variety of platforms:

CRUD	Create	Read	Update	Delete
Action	Write	Read	Write	Write
REST API	POST	GET	PUT	DELETE
SQL	INSERT	SELECT	UPDATE	DELETE