An object that simulates the behavior of real objects in controlled ways, commonly used in unit testing to isolate the unit of work from its dependencies.

"Mocks are used to test the interactions between a class and its dependencies, ensuring that the class behaves as expected when its dependencies are not present."

A technique used in computer security to impersonate another user, device, or system by falsifying data or headers in network communications.

"The attacker used IP spoofing to disguise the origin of malicious network packets."

A software-based emulation of a physical computer that runs an operating system and applications, providing an isolated and sandboxed environment with its own virtualized hardware resources, often used for software testing, development, and server virtualization.

"The developer spun up a virtual machine to test the application on different operating systems."

A highly inefficient sorting algorithm based on the generate and test paradigm, also known as stupid sort.

"Bogosort randomly permutes the elements until they happen to be in order, which is computationally impractical for sorting."

The detail an image holds, typically measured in pixels per inch (PPI). Higher resolution means more image detail.

"Web designers often create images at high resolution to ensure that they look crisp and clear on high-definition displays."