Glossary: Letter S

The psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Rather than exploiting technical vulnerabilities, social engineering targets human behavior thro...

The native file formats of Dassault Systemes SolidWorks, a leading mechanical CAD software. .sldprt stores individual parts; .sldasm stores assemblies. Widely used in manufacturing, product design, an...

Source code for Solidity, an object-oriented language for implementing smart contracts on Ethereum and other EVM-compatible blockchains.

An open-source platform for continuous code quality inspection that performs automatic reviews with static analysis to detect bugs, code smells, and security vulnerabilities. SonarQube integrates into...

A JSON file mapping minified/compiled code back to its original source. Essential for debugging JavaScript, CSS, and TypeScript in browser DevTools.

The ability of a machine to identify and process human speech into text. Automatic Speech Recognition systems use acoustic and language models to convert audio signals into written words, powering voi...

An open-source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform originally developed by Netflix. Spinnaker manages application deployments across cloud providers with built-in deployment strategies (canary,...

Malicious software that secretly monitors and collects information about a user's activities without their knowledge or consent. Spyware can capture keystrokes, browsing history, login credentials, an...

A Python-like configuration language used in Bazel build files (BUILD), Buck, and other build systems. Deterministic and hermetic by design.

Stata Dataset: the native data format for Stata statistical software, used in economics, epidemiology, and political science research.

A tool that generates a complete static HTML website from templates, content files, and data at build time. Static site generators like Hugo, Jekyll, and Astro produce fast, secure websites that can b...

A precompiled set of SQL statements stored in the database that can be executed as a single unit. Stored procedures improve performance through precompilation, enhance security by controlling data acc...

Story files for Storybook, a UI component development environment. Each story renders a specific state of a component for visual testing and documentation.

The ability of an AI model to generate output in a specific, machine-readable format such as JSON, XML, or conforming to a defined schema. Structured output enables reliable integration of LLMs into s...

A compression format historically dominant on classic Mac OS systems. Created by Aladdin Systems (now Smith Micro) in 1987.

LaTeX Style File: a package file extending LaTeX functionality with custom commands, environments, and formatting options.

An expressive CSS preprocessor for Node.js offering flexible syntax (optional colons, semicolons, braces) with powerful features like built-in functions and transparent mixins.

A logical subdivision of an IP network created by dividing a network into smaller, more manageable segments. Subnetting improves network performance, security, and address allocation by grouping devic...

File formats from Adobe Substance 3D for procedural textures and materials. .sbs is the editable graph format; .sbsar is the compiled, portable format used in game engines and 3D applications.

A cyberattack that targets an organization by compromising a trusted third-party vendor or supplier in its supply chain. Attackers infiltrate software updates, open-source libraries, or hardware compo...