Vulkan
The low-overhead, explicit graphics and compute API released by the Khronos Group in 2016 as a successor to OpenGL, giving applications direct control over GPU acceleration.
Standards
The specifications that pinned the languages down - each tied to the standards body that issued it.
105 entries, all primary-sourced
Language Server Protocol (LSP)
A JSON-RPC based protocol introduced by Microsoft in 2016 that decouples language intelligence (completion, go-to-definition, diagnostics) from editors, turning an MxN integration problem into M+N.
AsyncAPI
An open specification for describing event-driven and asynchronous APIs, the message-broker and webhook counterpart to OpenAPI.
The Business Source License (BSL)
MariaDB's time-delayed source-available license: source is published and usable for non-production purposes immediately, production use is restricted, and on a defined Change Date the work automatically converts to a GPL-compatible open source license.
Jakarta EE
The enterprise Java platform specification, formerly Java EE and J2EE, defining Servlets, Pages, Persistence, and Enterprise Beans, now stewarded by the Eclipse Foundation.
Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP)
A JSON-based protocol from Microsoft that decouples debuggers from editors and IDEs, the debugging sibling of the Language Server Protocol, so a debug adapter can be implemented once and reused across tools.
GraphQL Federation
An architecture, pioneered by Apollo Federation, for composing multiple independent GraphQL services into a single unified supergraph that clients query as one API.
JSON Schema
A declarative vocabulary for annotating and validating the structure of JSON documents, widely used to describe API request and response shapes.
EPUB (Electronic Publication)
EPUB is the open standard for digital books: a single ZIP container holding XHTML, CSS, SVG, and other Web content, with reflowable layout. Created by the IDPF in 2007 and now maintained by the W3C, it became a W3C Recommendation as EPUB 3.3 in 2023.