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."

A data type used in programming to represent real numbers with fractional parts, using a point to separate the integer and fraction parts.

"Float variables are used in calculations that require precision, such as scientific computations and graphics programming."

A software application or set of related programs that are used to create and manage digital content.

"WordPress is a popular CMS that enables users to create and manage websites without needing to code from scratch."

The degree to which the elements of a module belong together, aiming for high cohesion within modules in software design.

"High cohesion within a class means that its responsibilities are well-aligned and it does not try to do too much."