Beginner's Dictionary: What exactly are IP, API, tech stack, and database?

If you don't understand a word, just look it up: from browser, backend, keys to deployment, caching, and orders, explain it using everyday terms.

A term that frequently appears on computers and networks

• Server: A rented network computer placed far away to provide services such as websites. See details for details Server Basics。
• Cloud Vendor: Sellers of servers and other network services to you.
• Console: The website provided by merchants for managing purchasing services, not the backend for your blog.
• Ubuntu / Linux: A system used by remote computers, similar to your computer's Windows.
• IP: Searches for the address of a device on the network; Public IPs can be used for internet connections, while internal IPs are often used for specific internal networks.
• Domain name: A convenient website host name to remember, such as example.com. See details for details Domain names and DNS。
• DNS / Analysis: Tell the internet where to find this name.
• Port: The entry number for different network services on the same computer.
• URL: The address used by the browser to access resources, which can include protocol, domain name, and path.
• Browser: software that opens web pages; Enter the URL in the browser's address bar and enter the search content in the search box.

Words for login and management

• Account / Account Number: Used in a certain system to identify your name or identity.
• root: a management account with very high permissions in Linux; Not passwords.
• Password: A secret text proving you can use your account.
• Key: electronic key; Private keys should be kept privately, not information from public posts.
• Credentials: identity information required for login or execution, such as account, password, and key.
• SSH: A tool method for logging into remote computers over the network. See details for details Connect to the server。
• Permission: What a certain identity is allowed to do.
• Whitelist: A list of sources that are allowed access.
• Pagoda Panel: A tool for managing server environments, websites, files, and databases using web pages.
• API: The entry point between software to read data and submit operations, not just a chat box.
• skill: Instructions for AI to reuse operations, requiring real tools and configurations. See details for details API and skill。

Words used during website creation

• Front Desk: The page that visitors see and use.
• Backend: The page where authorized personnel manage content and settings.
• WordPress: Software that helps you build and manage blogs.
• Articles: continuously published text and image content; The title is the name of the content, while the main text is the specific content.
• Page: Content used for relatively fixed introductions or explanations.
• Draft: preserved but not officially released; The preview is just a preview of the effect.
• Topic: Package control of website appearance. Plugin: A file package that adds functionality to a website.
• HTML: webpage content structure; CSS: Style rules; JavaScript: The interaction logic in web pages or programs.
• PHP: A commonly used server programming language in WordPress.
• Nginx: Software that receives website access, sends resources, and forwards some requests.
• Database: The place where articles, accounts, settings, and other information are stored and retrieved according to rules.
• MySQL / MariaDB: Software for managing databases. See details for details Database Basics。
• Technology Stack / Operating Environment: A set of technologies and supporting software that enables the website to work.
• Web coding: A program for writing or modifying web pages and website functions.

Words for filing and maintenance

• Files: Units where images, code, descriptions, and other content can be saved.
• Directory / Path: The folder and the location of a file on the computer.
• Website root directory: The starting position of the main file corresponding to a website, not equal to the browser's homepage address.
• ZIP: Packages several files into a single compressed file.
• Deployment: Place the program in the actual usage location and configure it to run.
• Enable: Allows the installed theme or plugin to start using it.
• Version Number: The number that distinguishes the number of releases or modifications.
• Caching: Temporarily remembers old results to speed up usage; may need to be reacquired after updates.
• Log: The text that records the program's runtime and errors.
• Backup: Keep a recoverable copy; Recovery: Use the duplicate to restore the dungeon step by step.
• Rollback: Revert this change back to its previously usable state. See details for details Backup and Restore。

Words used during payment and delivery

• Payment code: An image of someone scanning the code with a corresponding tool to pay for payment.
• Payment interface: The program entry for reliably exchanging orders and payment results between the website and payment platform.
• Order: a purchase record; Order Number: The number that distinguishes this record.
• Pending Verification: Has not yet confirmed the actual receipt; Payment and Delivery Awaiting Delivery: Payment found but not delivered.
• Audit/Reconciliation: View actual transactions and reconcile them with orders.
• Shipping/Delivery: Deliver the promised documents, pickup method, or service to the corresponding buyer.
• Email: The address for receiving emails; Attachment: The file sent with the email.
• Return Letter: A notification returned when an email cannot be delivered; Spam: Mail assigned to another area by the tool.
• Income: money received; Net profit: The result after deducting corresponding expenses from income.
• Closed-loop: From production to use, payment, and agreed delivery, the entire process is run smoothly.

How to ask AI when you encounter words not in the dictionary

Explain the term in terms that people with no experience with websites can understand: first explain what it is responsible for, then use a real-life example, and finally tell me at which point this lesson will encounter it. Don't use more unexplained words to explain it.

Knowing where to use a word is more important than memorizing the full definition the first time. After checking, return to the corresponding detailed article and follow the steps to check the actual results.