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Web architecture

Terms

7 terms

  • Backend

    The backend is the server-side part of a web application that handles business logic, data storage, authentication and the APIs the frontend calls.

  • Frontend

    The frontend is the client-facing layer of a web application, the HTML, CSS and JavaScript that run in the browser and turn data into an interface.

  • Full stack

    Full stack in web architecture means every layer of a web application, from browser interface and backend logic to data storage and deployment.

  • Headless architecture

    Headless architecture separates a backend that manages content and data from the frontends that present it, connecting them through APIs.

  • Jamstack

    Jamstack is a web architecture that serves prebuilt pages from a CDN and adds dynamic features through JavaScript and APIs instead of a page server.

  • Micro-frontends

    Micro-frontends split a web frontend into independently built and deployed parts owned by separate teams and composed into one application.

  • Static asset

    A static asset in web architecture is a file such as an image, stylesheet, script or font that is served unchanged to every user without server…