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Glossary Terms

Perl

Perl was a high-level programming language created by Larry Wall in 1987 that became known as the "glue language of the internet" for its powerful…

PHP

PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language that demonstrates recursive naming, originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 as "Personal Home Page" tools….

JavaScript

JavaScript is a programming language created by Brendan Eich at Netscape in May 1995, with the initial prototype developed in approximately 10 days to add…

Recursive Acronyms

Recursive acronyms are self-referential abbreviations where one of the letters in the acronym stands for the acronym itself, creating an infinite loop of meaning. This…

SQL (Structured Query Language)

SQL (Structured Query Language) is the standard programming language for managing relational databases, developed by IBM in the 1970s and becoming an ANSI standard in…