IT Terms Explained
Individual term pages complement the interactive IT Glossary and provide direct links to specific topics.
- Active Directory (AD)
- AES
- AI Agent
- Algorithm
- Android
- API
- API Gateway
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Attention
- Authentication
- Authorization
- AWS
- Backend
- Backup Methods
- Bandwidth
- Big Data
- Bluetooth
- Browser
- BSI IT-Grundschutz
- Cache
- CI/CD Pipeline
- Client-Server Model
- Cloud Computing
- CMDB
- Code Review
- Codec
- Compiler
- Compliance
- Computer Vision
- Container
- CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
- CSS
- Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
- Data
- Data Governance
- Data Lake
- Data Protection / Privacy
- Data Warehouse
- Database / Database System
- DBaaS
- DevOps
- DevSecOps
- DHCP
- Disaster Recovery Plan
- DNS
- Docker
- DORA
- Edge Computing
- Embedding Model
- Encryption
- Entity
- ERP
- Ethernet
- EVB-IT
- Fine-Tuning
- Firewall
- Firmware
- Frontend
- FTP
- GDPR
- Git / GitHub
- GPL
- GPS
- GPT
- GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
- Hallucination
- Hardware
- Hashing
- HTML
- IaaS
- IAM (Identity and Access Management)
- Incident
- Incident Management
- Interface
- Internet / World Wide Web
- IP Address
- ISO/IEC 27001
- ITIL
- Java / Java Runtime
- JavaScript
- JSON
- Kernel
- Kubernetes
- Large Language Model (LLM)
- Latency
- Least Privilege
- Linux
- Load Balancer
- Low-Code
- MAC Address
- Mainboard / Motherboard
- Malware
- Message Queue
- Metadata
- MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication)
- Microservices
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Microsoft Teams
- Middleware
- MIT License
- Monitoring
- MQTT
- Network
- NIS2
- No-Code
- NoSQL
- OAuth 2.0
- Observability
- Operating System / OS
- OSI Layer Model
- PaaS
- Passkey
- Performance
- Personal Data
- Phishing
- PKI
- Private Cloud
- Programming Language
- Protocols
- Public Cloud
- RAG
- Ransomware
- RBAC
- Redundancy
- Requirements Specification (Customer View)
- REST / REST API
- Router
- SaaS
- Schema
- Scrum
- Server
- Serverless Computing
- Shell
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Software
- SQL
- SSD
- Switch
- TLS
- Transformer
- USB
- USB-C
- VPN
- Wi-Fi
- Windows
- XML
- Zero Trust