Define the new internet.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
1,322 definitions
A publicly available technical specification that anyone can implement, use, and extend without royalty obligations or proprietary restrictions. Open standards like HTTP, JSON, and OpenAPI enable interoperability between different vendors and communities, reducing lock-in and fostering innovation.
“MCP is an open standard, meaning any AI vendor can implement it to connect their models to tools.”
The time delay between initiating an action and receiving the first response. In networking, latency is the round-trip time for a data packet; in AI, it often refers to time-to-first-token or end-to-end inference time. Lower latency means faster, more responsive user experiences.
“The new model has lower latency but slightly less accuracy — a classic speed/quality trade-off.”
The amount of work a system can process in a given time period. In APIs it's usually measured in requests per second; in AI inference it's tokens per second. Throughput and latency are related but distinct — a system can have high throughput while still having high latency for individual requests.
“The inference cluster achieved 10,000 tokens per second throughput across all concurrent users.”
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery — a set of software engineering practices and tools that automate the process of testing, building, and deploying code changes. CI automatically validates every commit; CD deploys validated code to production frequently and reliably without manual intervention.
“The team ships 20 times a day safely because their CI/CD pipeline catches regressions automatically.”
A set of practices, tools, and cultural philosophies that unite software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) teams. DevOps breaks down silos, automates repetitive tasks, and instills shared responsibility for the full software lifecycle from code to production monitoring.
“After adopting DevOps, their release cycle went from monthly to daily.”
A design philosophy where the API contract is defined and agreed upon before any implementation begins. API-first teams treat the API as the product — writing the specification first (e.g., in OpenAPI), getting feedback from consumers, then building both client and server simultaneously against the agreed contract.
“Their API-first approach meant the mobile app team could start building against the spec before the backend was done.”
An API that exposes data as a graph of interconnected nodes and edges, allowing clients to traverse relationships and fetch exactly the data they need in a single request. GraphQL is the most common implementation, replacing multiple REST endpoints with a flexible query language.
“The graph API let the client fetch a user, their posts, and each post's comments in one request instead of four.”
Natural charisma, charm, or the ability to attract others effortlessly — especially in a romantic context. Someone with rizz seems to captivate people without trying. Can also be used as a verb: to rizz someone up means to charm or seduce them.
“He walked into the party with unspoken rizz — no pickup lines, just vibes.”
Extremely delicious or of excellent quality — most commonly used to describe food. Originally AAVE (African American Vernacular English), it crossed into mainstream internet slang around 2021. Something that is bussin is not just good; it is exceptionally, undeniably amazing.
“These tacos are absolutely bussin, no cap.”
To a moderate degree; somewhat; secretly or subtly. Used to hedge a statement or admission, soften an opinion, or indicate that you feel a certain way but don't want to make a big deal of it. Often used to admit something mildly embarrassing or nonchalant.
“I lowkey love that cheesy pop song everyone pretends to hate.”