Developer Tools Glossary
50 terms total — 3 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
container
A lightweight, portable unit of software that packages an application and all its dependencies into a standardised, isolated runtime environment.
API (Application Programming Interface)
A defined set of rules and protocols that allows software components to communicate with one another.
deprecate
To formally mark a software feature, API endpoint, or method as outdated and scheduled for removal in a future release,...
deprecation
The process of discouraging use of a feature, function, or API endpoint—typically because it has been superseded—while r...