DevOps Glossary

Process of recording and following the progress of problems or tasks in a project.

Fixed time periods in Agile development during which a team completes a set amount of work.

Portion of memory where the Java Virtual Machine stores objects, crucial for application performance and garbage collection processes.

Lightweight processes within the Java Virtual Machine that allow concurrent execution of tasks in Java applications.

Web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt Markup.

Java library providing a multi-cloud abstraction layer, simplifying cloud platform interactions.

Open-source automation server that enables developers to build, test, and deploy their software reliably.

Runnable task configured in Jenkins, defining a series of related steps to be executed.

Suite of plugins supporting implementation and integration of continuous delivery pipelines into Jenkins.

JavaScript testing framework designed to ensure correctness of any JavaScript codebase.

Modern toolkit for building native Android UI, using a declarative and composable approach.

Project management tool used for issue tracking, bug tracking, and agile project management.

Open-source application modeling tool for deploying, configuring, scaling, and operating software.

Design principle stating that systems perform best when kept simple rather than made complicated.

Distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events a day.

Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices and personal efficiency.

Visual system for managing work as it moves through a process, emphasizing continuous delivery.

Visual representation of work items as they progress through different stages of a process.

Programming exercise aimed at honing coding skills through practice and repetition, often used in coding dojos and training sessions.

Software or hardware that records keyboard inputs, often used maliciously to capture sensitive information.

Data visualization and exploration tool for Elasticsearch, allowing users to create interactive dashboards and analyze large volumes of data.

Method of performing automatic installation and configuration of operating systems, particularly in Linux.

Open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Alternative abbreviation for Kubernetes, where 8 replaces the eight letters between K and s.

Alternate abbreviation for Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration platform for automating application deployment and scaling.