Glossary: Letter P

Google Protocol Buffers: a language-neutral mechanism for serializing structured data. Smaller, faster, and simpler than XML, used extensively in gRPC.

An intermediary server that sits between clients and destination servers, forwarding requests on behalf of the client. Proxy servers provide anonymity, caching, content filtering, access control, and...

A high-performance template engine for Node.js (formerly known as Jade) that uses indentation-based syntax instead of closing tags, compiling to HTML. Popular in Express.js applications.

An Infrastructure as Code platform that allows developers to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages (TypeScript, Python, Go, C#) instead of domain-specific languages....

An open-source configuration management tool that uses a declarative language to define system configurations. Puppet automates the provisioning, configuration, and management of servers, ensuring inf...

A strongly-typed functional language that compiles to JavaScript, inspired by Haskell. Used for building reliable web front-ends.

A high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its clear syntax and readability. Python is widely used in web development, data science, machine learning, automation, and scientific comp...

The modern Python project configuration file (PEP 518/621) replacing setup.py. Defines build system, dependencies, and tool settings in a single TOML file.