The environment where software and other products are actually put into operation for their intended uses by end users.

"The production environment is the live setting where users interact with the application, differing from the development and testing environments."

A situation that occurs when a software application requires specific versions of libraries or software components that are incompatible with other required versions, leading to complex dependencies that are difficult to resolve.

"Dependency hell can be mitigated by using virtual environments and careful management of package versions."

The foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

"HTTP is a protocol used for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML, between client and server."

A protocol for automating the process of creating and renewing digital certificates.

"We use ACME to automatically manage SSL certificates for our web servers."

The ability of a system to accept input intended for an earlier version of itself.

"Ensuring backwards compatibility allows users to upgrade software without losing access to their existing data or functionality."