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vocab
This is a WIP. If you see any inaccuracies or think I should add anything, comment below.
Cookies - A small piece of data that is generated with a unique ID that tracks your session on a website. Cookies can be passed from website to website. They remember things like your login details and can be used to authenticate you to servers.
Authentication - A way of proving you are who you say you are to a website or server.
Authorization - A way to segment what data a user can access on a website.
Protocol - A standardized way of communicating over networks (HTTP/HTTPS)
JWT - A way to authenticate a user to a website without using cookies.
Origin - A host or domain (www.google.com).
Port - A virtual point where communications start and end.
Header - A piece of extra data at the beginning of an HTTP request. This allows you to send extra information along with GET/POST/PATCH etc. requests.
SSL - The standard technology for keeping an internet connection secure and safeguarding any sensitive data that is being sent between two systems.
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