The sequence of tasks, activities, and processes involved in completing a specific project, job, or business operation, often represented as a series of interconnected steps or stages that define how work is initiated, executed, monitored, controlled, and completed.

"The team streamlined the workflow by automating repetitive tasks and standardizing processes."

A type of denial-of-service (DoS) attack where a process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources.

"A fork bomb can bring a system to a halt by quickly consuming all available process identifiers."

An open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, specifically between an identity provider and a service provider.

"SAML is used for single sign-on (SSO) solutions, allowing users to log in with a single ID to access multiple applications."

A design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to one object, ensuring that only a single instance of the class exists in the system.

"The logger class was implemented using the singleton pattern to ensure centralized logging."

A security technique that randomizes the memory address space locations of key data areas of processes.

"Address space layout randomization is used to prevent attackers from predictably executing exploits."