Acronyms
Sales, Marketing, and Technology Acronyms and Abbreviations. Jump to acronyms beginning with the number or letter:
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XMPP
An open communication standard that enables different systems, applications, or devices to exchange messages in real-time. While initially developed for instant messaging, XMPP has evolved to support a wide range of applications, particularly for organizations seeking to build or utilize secure, private messaging and collaboration tools. For business leaders, particularly those in marketing and sales, understanding XMPP is beneficial when…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XPath
A query language that allows for navigation through elements and attributes in an XML document. XPath is used to select nodes in an XML document, which can be thought of as a way of identifying parts of an XML document that match certain criteria. This selection is often used with XSLT (for transforming XML documents) and XQuery (for querying XML…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XQuery
A functional query language that is designed to query and manipulate XML data. It allows users to extract and manipulate data stored in XML format, much like SQL is used for relational databases. XQuery is built on the XPath expressions and operates by traversing XML documents to locate and retrieve data according to the criteria specified by the query. XQuery…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XR
A broad term that covers all immersive technologies blending the real and virtual worlds. Think of it as a category that includes three main types: Virtual Reality (VR): VR creates a completely artificial environment. You’re immersed in a digital world, and often a headset blocks out your view of the real one. Imagine playing a game where you feel like…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XSL
A family of languages used to describe how XML (eXtensible Markup Language) data should be presented or transformed. The XSL family includes: XSLT (XSL Transformations) – a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents or other formats like HTML or text. XPath (XML Path Language) – a language for navigating through elements and attributes in an XML document.…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XSL-FO
Part of the XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) specifications is a family of languages for transforming and rendering XML documents. XSL-FO is used to format XML data and is most often utilized for generating PDFs or other printable formats from XML data. The primary use case for XSL-FO is to describe the visual formatting of an XML document for presentation to…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XSLT
A language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents or other formats such as HTML for web pages, plain text, or into XSL Formatting Objects, which may then be converted to PDF, PostScript, and other formats. XSLT is used to manage and manipulate the content of an XML document independently of its structure. This separation of content from presentation…
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Acronyms Beginning With X
XSS
A type of security vulnerability typically found in web applications. XSS enables attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. This is often used to bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy, which is meant to segregate different websites from each other in a user’s browser. XSS attacks can occur whenever an application includes untrusted…
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Acronyms Beginning With Y
Y2K
A significant issue related to computer systems and software that arose as the world approached the year 2000. This issue was also commonly referred to as the Millennium Bug. Here’s a detailed explanation: Background: In early computer systems and software, it was a common practice to represent years with only the last two digits. For example, 1999 was represented as…
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Acronyms Beginning With Y
YAML
YAML is a recursive acronym. A human-readable data serialization format. It’s commonly used for configuration files and data storage or transmission scenarios. YAML is designed to be easy to read and write, and it is often used in programming and development for defining or configuring data straightforwardly. Key aspects of YAML include: Human Readability: Its syntax is designed to be…
