Glossary: Letter V

Configuration file for Vagrant, a tool for building and managing virtual development environments. Written in Ruby DSL.

An OpenType font containing multiple styles (weight, width, slant) in a single file using variation axes. Reduces the number of font files needed for web typography.

A generative model that combines autoencoders with probabilistic modeling to learn a continuous latent space from which new data samples can be generated. VAEs are used for image generation, data inte...

HashiCorp Vault is a tool for securely managing secrets, encryption keys, and sensitive data. It provides dynamic secrets generation, data encryption, identity-based access, and audit logging for appl...

A specialized database designed to store, index, and query high-dimensional vector embeddings efficiently. Vector databases enable fast similarity searches and are essential infrastructure for RAG sys...

An Apache Java-based template engine using a simple template language (VTL). Historically used in Apache tools and Java web applications for separating view from logic.

A hardware description language (HDL) used to model and design digital circuits and FPGA configurations.

A lightweight in-memory representation of the real DOM used by frameworks like React to optimize UI rendering. Changes are first applied to the virtual DOM, then diffed against the real DOM, and only...

An isolated virtual network within a public cloud provider that gives users control over IP addressing, subnets, route tables, and network gateways. VPCs provide network-level isolation for cloud reso...

A modern front-end build tool that provides a fast development server with Hot Module Replacement (HMR) and an optimized production build using Rollup. Vite is the default asset bundler for Laravel 10...

Configuration file for Vite, a fast frontend build tool using native ES modules for development and Rollup for production bundling.

A Vue.js Single-File Component combining template, script, and style blocks in one file for building web user interfaces.

A progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. Vue.js features a reactive data binding system, a component-based architecture, and an incrementally adoptable ecosystem that scales fr...

A weakness or flaw in a system's design, implementation, or configuration that can be exploited by a threat actor to gain unauthorized access or cause harm. Vulnerabilities are cataloged using identif...