A programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, widely used for data analysis, visualization, and machine learning tasks, known for its extensive library ecosystem and powerful data manipulation capabilities.

"The data scientist used R to analyze and visualize the research data."

The gradual expansion or addition of project requirements beyond what was originally planned, leading to scope changes and potential project delays.

"The project suffered from requirements creep, causing the timeline to extend significantly."

A dynamic, open-source programming language known for its simplicity and productivity, often used for web development.

"The startup built its prototype using Ruby on Rails."

A programming paradigm based on the concept of objects, which can contain data, in the form of fields, and code, in the form of procedures.

"Object-oriented programming languages include Java, C++, Python, and Ruby."

Methods which indicate the desired action to be performed on a given resource.

"HTTP defines a set of request methods, including GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH, each serving a different purpose in terms of interacting with resources."