Acronyms
Sales, Marketing, and Technology Acronyms and Abbreviations. Jump to acronyms beginning with the number or letter:
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WWDC
An annual event hosted by Apple Inc. where they announce new software updates, products, and technologies. The conference primarily provides information and tools for developers who create apps and software for Apple’s various platforms, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.…
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WWW
A global system of interconnected hypertext documents and resources that are accessed via the internet. The World Wide Web was created in 1989 by British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee while working at CERN in Switzerland. The WWW allows users…
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WYSIWYG
A system in which editing software allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.
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XaaS
An umbrella term encompassing the entire spectrum of cloud-based service models that deliver technology resources on demand. Rather than owning or maintaining IT infrastructure, software, or platforms, organizations can access nearly any digital capability through a subscription or pay-as-you-go model.…
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XAI
XAI refers to a set of methods and techniques that make the behavior and decision-making of AI systems understandable to humans. The goal of XAI is to ensure that AI models—especially complex ones, such as deep learning systems—are not only…
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XDR
An advanced cybersecurity solution designed to provide unified threat detection, investigation, and response across multiple security layers. Unlike traditional security tools that focus on isolated domains, such as endpoint detection (EDR), network traffic analysis, or email filtering, XDR aggregates and…
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Xennials
Born between 1977 and 1983, Xennials represent a micro-generation between Generation X and Millennials. They are known for straddling the line between analog and digital worlds, having grown up with technology but not fully immersed in it from birth. Xennials…
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XFF
A standard HTTP header field used to identify the originating IP address of a client connecting to a web server through an HTTP proxy or load balancer. When a user’s request passes through multiple proxies or servers, each intermediary adds…
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XHR
XMLHttpRequest, commonly abbreviated as XHR, is a browser-based API that allows web applications to send and receive data from a server without requiring a full page reload. It was introduced in the early 2000s and became one of the key…
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XHTML
A part of the family of XML markup languages and mirrors or extends versions of the widely used Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the language in which web pages are formulated. XHTML was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)…