Computer object code that is processed by a program, usually referred to as a virtual machine, rather than by the ''real'' computer machine, the hardware processor.
"Java bytecode allows Java programs to be executed on any device equipped with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM)."
In programming, the ability to define multiple methods with the same name but different implementations, depending on their arguments.
"Method overloading allows for more intuitive code, where the same operation can be applied to different types of data."
A class of database management systems that do not conform to the traditional relational database model, often used for storing and retrieving data that is more suited to hierarchical, key-value, wide-column, or document-oriented formats.
"NoSQL databases are chosen for large sets of distributed data, where relational databases might not be as efficient in terms of scalability and speed."
A web-based version control repository hosting service owned by Atlassian, for source code and development projects that use either Mercurial or Git revision control systems.
"We use Bitbucket for hosting our private repositories and for collaborating on code changes."