This is why I love our developers.  I just got an email from one of our .Net wizards:

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Subject: “Blog Item”

http://css-tricks.com/web-nerd-terminology-explained/

Adam Fort
Developer

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That’s it.  The whole email. Clearly Adam realizes two things: 1. I can figure out what he meant, and 2. he’s too busy solving complex problems and coding sites to contribute to the blog.  No problem!

So, the bottom line is, the link that he sent me is a solid breakdown of much of the jargon being tossed around the IT industry today…

Not sure what a CMS is?  Confused about Kerning or Tracking?  Not sure what to do when someone asks you for a Vector image?  Well, then this link is a pretty handy resource!

Conspicuously missing are some of the hacking terms that are causing fear and confusion lately, like “SQL Injection” and “Cross Site Scripting (XSS)” – but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered on those, too.

Thanks, Adam!