Glossary

The words, without the shrug

Every term the courses use, defined in one line and then in a paragraph. Written to be read out of order.

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Async

Infrastructure

Started now, finished later.

Work that does not block the thing that requested it. The caller gets an acknowledgement rather than a result, and finds out the outcome some other way.

UTC

Infrastructure

The timezone servers actually run in.

Coordinated Universal Time, with no daylight saving. Servers use it so that timestamps are unambiguous. It is also why a job scheduled for "8am" may not run at 8am where your users are.