WCAG
/ˈdʌbəl-juː kæg/
noun — “the rulebook that makes the web usable for more humans, not fewer.”
Cybersecurity Framework
/ˌsaɪbərˈsɪkjʊrɪti ˈfræmˌwɜrk/
noun — “the blueprint that keeps hackers guessing and IT teams calm under pressure.”
Data Quality
/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
noun — “the moral compass of your datasets, keeping them honest, consistent, and reliable.”
Code Quality
/koʊd ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
noun — “the invisible armor that keeps your software from collapsing into chaos.”
Public Key Cryptography Standards
/ˌpiː.keɪ.siː.ɛs/
noun — "because cryptography without standards is like assembling IKEA furniture blindfolded."
Unicode
/ˈjuːnɪˌkoʊd/
noun — "a universal standard for encoding, representing, and handling text."
Unicode is a computing industry standard designed to provide a consistent and unambiguous way to encode, represent, and manipulate text from virtually all writing systems in use today. It assigns a unique code point — a numeric value — to every character, symbol, emoji, or diacritical mark, enabling computers and software to interchange text across different platforms, languages, and devices without loss of meaning or corruption.
Ohm
/oʊm/
noun … “Unit of electrical resistance.”
Ohm is the standard unit used to quantify resistance in an electrical circuit. One ohm (Ω) is defined as the resistance that allows one ampere of current to flow when one volt of voltage is applied across it, according to Ohm’s law (V = I × R).
Key characteristics of Ohm include:
3rd Generation Partnership Project
/ˌθriː dʒiː piː piː/
proper noun — "the group defining mobile network standards worldwide."
International Telecommunication Union
/ˌaɪ tiː ˈjuː/
proper noun — "the global referee for how the world’s communication systems agree to work together."
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
/ˌiːtiːˈɛsaɪ/
noun — "the body that defines global telecommunications standards from Europe."