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Developer jargon chart

This chart tells it like it is

All over the world web developers are busy working on their creative resumes to land that dream job. But the world of software development is filled with an intricate vocabulary of technical shorthands, abbreviations and trendy phrases, which can be tricky to decipher. (Unicorns, anyone?)

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Dom Carter

Dom Carter is a freelance writer who specialises in art and design. Formerly a staff writer for Creative Bloq, his work has also appeared on Creative Boom and in the pages of ImagineFX, Computer Arts, 3D World, and .net. He has been a D&AD New Blood judge, and has a particular interest in picture books.

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