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SQL (Structured Query Language) is a descriptive computer language designed for updating, retrieving, and calculating data in table-based databases.

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    194. Frame rate (FPS)
    195. FTP
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    198. Fuzz testing
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    407. Python
    408. Quality values
    409. Quaternion
    410. QUIC
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    413. Raster image
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    415. RDF
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    466. Semantics
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    468. Serializable object
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    471. Server Timing
    472. Server-side rendering (SSR)
    473. Session hijacking
    474. SGML
    475. Shadow tree
    476. Shallow copy
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    479. SIMD
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    483. SLD
    484. Sloppy mode
    485. Slug
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    487. SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)
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    489. Snake case
    490. Snap positions
    491. SOAP
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    493. Soft navigation
    494. Source map
    495. SPA (Single-page application)
    496. Specification
    497. Speculative parsing
    498. Speed index
    499. SQL
    500. SQL injection
    501. SRI
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    506. Static site generator (SSG)
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    515. Submit button
    516. SVG
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    524. Table grid box
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    526. Tag
    527. TCP
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    529. TCP slow start
    530. Telnet
    531. Texel
    532. The Khronos Group
    533. Thread
    534. Three js
    535. Throttle
    536. Time to First Byte (TTFB)
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    538. TLD
    539. TOFU
    540. Top layer
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    544. Trident
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    560. URN
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    562. User agent
    563. UTF-8
    564. UTF-16
    565. UUID
    566. UX
    567. Validator
    568. Value
    569. Variable
    570. Vendor prefix
    571. Viewport
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    573. Void element
    574. VoIP
    575. W3C
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    579. Web server
    580. Web standards
    581. WebAssembly
    582. WebDAV
    583. WebExtensions
    584. WebGL
    585. WebIDL
    586. WebKit
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    590. WebSockets
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    592. WHATWG
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    594. WindowProxy
    595. World Wide Web
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    597. XForms
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    601. XML
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    603. XPath
    604. XQuery
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    606. Zstandard compression
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