A statement that assigns a value to a variable.

"In Python, the assignment statement 'x = 5' assigns the value 5 to the variable x."

A popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications, known for its flexibility, performance optimizations, and support for bundling assets such as JavaScript, CSS, and images, often used in modern web development workflows.

"Webpack is commonly used to bundle and optimize frontend assets for web applications."

A symbol that tells the compiler or interpreter to perform specific mathematical, relational or logical operation and produce final result.

"Operators in programming include '+', '-', '*', and '/', which are used for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, respectively."

A humorous term used in software development to describe the situation where a series of seemingly unrelated tasks or activities must be completed in order to accomplish a primary goal or objective, often leading to distraction, frustration, and inefficiency.

"Instead of fixing the bug, he found himself yak shaving—debugging the build system, updating dependencies, and refactoring unrelated code."

In Linux, ''make'' is a command used to compile and build software from source code. It reads instructions from a file called Makefile and executes predefined tasks to create executable programs.

"When you write a program, you should write a makefile for it, so that it is possible to use Make to build and install the program."