An optimization algorithm used to minimize some function by iteratively moving in the direction of steepest descent, as defined by the negative of the gradient.

"Gradient descent is widely used in machine learning to find the parameters that minimize a loss function."

The simplest program that can be written in a programming language, typically printing the phrase 'Hello, World!' to the console.

"Writing a 'hello world' program is often the first step in learning a new programming language."

A subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments.

"We host our web application on AWS to take advantage of their scalable cloud infrastructure."

A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.

"PHP is widely used for server-side web development, where PHP scripts are executed on the server to generate dynamic web page content."

The process of putting a design into effect; in software, it refers to the writing of code that follows a design specification.

"After completing the design phase, the development team moved on to the implementation, coding the software based on the agreed specifications."