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Sharpen your TQ. Find out tech terms and what they mean

Sass

Stands for “Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets.” Sass is an extension of cascading style sheets (CSS), the language used to define the layout and formatting of HTML documents. It uses

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RSS

Stands for “RDF Site Summary,” but is commonly referred to as “Really Simple Syndication.” RSS is method of providing website content such as news stories

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RPM

Stands for “Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions.” RPM is similar to CPM, but measures the revenue from 1,000 ads impressions instead of the cost of the ads. Therefore, while

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Responsive Web Design

Responsive web design (or “RWD”) is a type of web design that provides a customized viewing experience for different browser platforms. A website created with RWD will display a different

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Reciprocal Link

A reciprocal link is a mutual link between two websites. For example, if website A links to website B, then website B can add a reciprocal link back

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Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents you from using your computer or accessing certain files unless you pay a ransom. It often encrypts your files so that they cannot

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RADCAB

RADCAB is a mnemonic acronym that helps people evaluate information found online. It was created by Karen Christensson, a library media specialist, for helping students research topics

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Proxy Server

Most large businesses, organizations, and universities these days use a proxy server. This is a server that all computers on the local network have to

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Protocol

A protocol is a standard set of rules that allow electronic devices to communicate with each other. These rules include what type of data may be transmitted,

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Primitive

In computer science, a primitive is a fundamental data type that cannot be broken down into a more simple data type. For example, an integer is a primitive data type,

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