Extract, transform, load (ETL)
A three-phase process where data is extracted, transformed (cleaned, sanitized, scrubbed) and written (loaded) to a data destination. [Wikipedia link]
FTP/SFTP
File Transfer Protocol/Secure File Transfer Protocol. A standard method of transferring files on a computer network. FTP, developed in 1971 has generally been superseded by the more secure SFTP although the terms are often used interchangeably. [Wikipedia link]
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
An application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML. The foundation of the World Wide Web.[Wikipedia link]
OpenAPI Specification (OAS)
A standard, language-agnostic interface to HTTP APIs. [Wikipedia link]
Representational State Transfer (REST)
A software architectural style that was created to guide the design and development of the architecture for the World Wide Web. [Wikipedia link]
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
A unique sequence of characters that identifies a logical or physical resource used by web technologies, such as a standard web address (http://wisc.edu). [Wikipedia link]
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
A unique sequence of characters that identifies a logical or physical resource used by web technologies, such as a standard web address (http://wisc.edu). Although URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), the terms are often used interchangeably. [Wikipedia link]
User Interface (UI)
The space where interactions between humans and machines occur. [Wikipedia link]