Welcome to my personal dictionary.

I read that Idioticon is a synonym for dictionary and i loved the word, cause there is Idiot in it lol.

A

API

API stands for Application Programming Interface. It's an interface for two computers to communicate in order to carry out tasks on the internet. The application can be any software that performs a specific task and the interface is a point where two applications communicate. One application acts as a client and the other acts as a server. A client asks for some resource, say for example a photo, and the server sends that photo to the client. The client here can be your mobile phone, desktop or laptop computer, or any device you use to surf the internet. And the server is a bigger computer that stores the data you want (a photo in our case).

APIs follow the HTTP protocol to communicate, which has a specific request and response structure.

Different methods exist to perform different tasks and numerous status codes are available that indicate whether the request is successful, declined, or in a pending state.

apricity

the warmth of the sun in winter [source]

B

benevolence

disposition to do good, the quality of being kind and helpful [source]

C

cascading

"To fall quickly and in large amounts". As I understood it: An event in a series of events. Eins stupst das andere an und bildet somit eine kette an events. "to pass on information by giving it to just a few people, who then give it to more people; to be passed on in this way." [source]

collaboration

to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
The Latin prefix com-, meaning "with, together, or jointly," is a bit of a chameleon—it has a tricky habit of changing its appearance depending on what it's next to. If the word it precedes begins with l, com- becomes col- (as in colleague, collect, and collide). In the case of collaborate, com- teamed up with laborare ("to labor") to form Late Latin collaborare ("to labor together"). [source]

collective

denoting a number of persons or things considered as one group or whole; a cooperative unit or organization; of, relating to, or being a group of individuals; involving all members of a group as distinct from its individuals [source]

copyleft

Das Copyleft ist eine Klausel in urheberrechtlichen Nutzungslizenzen, die den Lizenznehmer verpflichtet, jegliche Bearbeitung des Werks unter die Lizenz des ursprünglichen Werks zu stellen. Die Copyleft-Klausel soll verhindern, dass veränderte Fassungen des Werks mit Nutzungseinschränkungen weitergegeben werden, die das Original nicht hat. Das Copyleft setzt voraus, dass Vervielfältigungen und Bearbeitungen in irgendeiner Weise erlaubt sind.

D

declaration

something that is declared: to make known formally, officially, or explicitly. the act of declaring : announcement, [source]

devotion

an act of prayer or private worship or the act of dedicating something to a cause, enterprise, or activity : the act of devoting
Devotion and the verb devote come from the act of taking a vow (the Latin verb vovēre means "to vow"). Devote was once used as an adjective that could mean either "devout" or "devoted." While devout implies faithfulness of a religious nature ("a devout parishioner), devoted refers to one's commitment to another through love and loyalty ("a singer's devoted fans").

digression

the action of moving away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and writing or talking about something else [source]

E

eccentric

strange or unusual, sometimes in a humorous way [source]

elicit

to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response); to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential) [source]

entity

something that exists apart from other things, having its own independent existence

endeavor

to attempt (something, such as the fulfillment of an obligation) by exertion of effort, to strive to achieve or reach [source]

exertion

the act or an instance of exerting – especially : a laborious or perceptible effort, to put forth (strength, effort, etc.), to put (oneself) into action or to tiring effort, to bring to bear especially with sustained effort or lasting effect [source]

Extensibility

Extensibility (Dehnbarkeit) is a software engineering and systems design principle that provides for future growth. Extensibility is a measure of the ability to extend a system and the level of effort required to implement the extension. Extensions can be through the addition of new functionality or through modification of existing functionality. The principle provides for enhancements without impairing existing system functions. [source]

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H

Hegemony

preponderant influence or authority over others : domination; the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
Hegemony refers to a kind of domination. It was borrowed in the mid-16th century from the Greek word hēgemonia, a noun formed from the verb hēgeisthai, “to lead.” At first hegemony was used specifically to refer to the control once wielded by ancient Greek states; later it was applied to domination by other political actors. By the 19th century, the word had acquired a second sense referring to the social or cultural influence wielded by a dominant entity over others of its kind, a sense employed by design scholar Joshua Langman when describing the use of found objects by French artist Marcel Duchamp (he of notorious readymade Fountain fame) as a means “to question and criticize the values of the artistic hegemony by eschewing craft entirely.” [source]

I

indeterminate

not known in advance, not leading to a definite end or result
When you determine something, you decide on what it is, which means you put limits or boundaries on its identity. So something indeterminate lacks identifying limits. A mutt is usually the product of indeterminate breeding, since at least the father's identity is generally a mystery. A painting of indeterminate origins is normally less valued than one with the painter's name on it. And if negotiations are left in an indeterminate state, nothing has been decided. [source]

J

jurisdiction

the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law, the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate, the power or right to exercise authority : control
Questions of jurisdiction are generally technical legal matters. The most important ones include which court will hear a given case and which law-enforcement agency can get involved. But although they may seem like mere technicalities, jurisdictional matters sometimes turn out to be all-important in the final outcome. Jurisdiction may depend on where you are (for example, in which state), on who you are (if you're a juvenile, for example, you may only be tried in juvenile court), and on what the subject is (for example, cases involving the estate left by someone who has died are dealt with in probate court). [source]

juvenile

physiologically immature or undeveloped : young; of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for children or young people; reflecting psychological or intellectual immaturity : childish [source]

K

L

liaison

a close bond or connection, communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and cooperation, the pronunciation of an otherwise absent consonant sound at the end of the first of two consecutive words the second of which begins with a vowel sound and follows without pause.

Liaison comes from Middle French lier, meaning "to bind or tie." Other English senses of liaison apply it to all kinds of bonds—from people who work to connect different groups to the kind of relationship sometimes entered into by two people who are attracted to one another. [source]

M

meticulous

Marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details.

Etymological news: meticulous comes from the Latin word for "fearful"—metīculōsus—and ultimately from the Latin noun metus, meaning "fear." Although meticulous currently has no "fearful" meanings, it was originally used as a synonym of "frightened" and "timid." This sense had fallen into disuse by 1700, and in the 1800s meticulous acquired a new meaning of "overly and timidly careful" (possibly due to the influence of the French word méticuleux). This meaning in turn led to the current one of "painstakingly careful," with no connotations of fear at all. The newest use was controversial for a time, but it is now by far the most common meaning; even the most meticulous (or persnickety, depending on your view) among us consider it perfectly acceptable. [source]

N

Notation

Notation ist die Benennung von Gegenständen durch das Festhalten von Dingen und Bewegungsverläufen in schriftlicher Form mit vereinbarten symbolischen Zeichen.

O

obtuse

difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression; not pointed or acute [source]

P

peculiar

characteristic of only one person, group, or thing : distinctive, different from the usual or normal, something exempt from ordinary jurisdiction [source]

perceptible

capable of being perceived especially by the senses. If something is perceptible, you can perceive it (“to notice or become aware of”) or capture it with your senses. Those who are linguistically perceptive may wonder if perceptible comes to us from Latin. It does indeed. Arriving in English by way of Late Latin perceptibilis, perceptible comes from a form of percipere (“to perceive”), which comes from Latin capere (“to take”) and the prefix per- (“thoroughly”). Perceptible shares the capere part of its ancestry with a number of other English words related to seizing or being seized, including capture, captor, captivate, and even catch. An even closer relation of perceptible is perceptive: while perceptible describes what can be perceived, perceptive describes the one who does the perceiving. Perceptive was formed in English from perception, which is also from percipere. [source]

preponderant

(überwiegend) having superior weight, force, or influence; having greater prevalence [source]

prevalent

generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread;

property

a quality or trait belonging and especially peculiar to an individual or thing, an effect that an object has on another object or on the senses, an attribute common to all members of a class [source]

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R

S

superseded

to cause to be set aside, to force out of use as inferior, to take the place or position of, to displace in favor of another [source]

sovereign

superlative in quality, possessed of supreme power [source]

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U

ubiquitous

existing or being everywhere at the same time. Ubiquitous comes from the noun ubiquity, meaning “presence everywhere or in many places simultaneously,” and both words come ultimately from the Latin word ubique, meaning “everywhere.” Ubiquitous, which has often been used with a touch of exaggeration to describe those things that it seems like you can’t go a day without encountering, is the more popular of the two by a parsec. It may not quite be ubiquitous, but if you keep your eyes and ears open, you’re apt to encounter it quite a bit. [source]

V

vernacular

a vernacular language, expression, or mode of expression : an expression or mode of expression that occurs in ordinary speech rather than formal writing. Using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language; of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group, especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place [source]