https://sinetris.info/glossary-contexts/tech/Recent content in Tech on Sinetris's viewpointsSine Die theme for HugoDuilio Ruggieroduilio@sinetris.info© 2023 - 2026, Duilio Ruggiero2025-11-24T07:28:53Z2025-11-24T07:28:53+00:002025-11-24T07:28:53Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/subject-matter-expert/#atom

A professional with in-depth, specialized knowledge in a particular field, process, or technology who acts as a trusted advisor, guiding teams, validating information, and solving complex problems to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and successful project outcomes.

2025-11-20T09:01:34+00:002025-11-20T09:01:34Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/single-source-of-truth/#atom

Practice of centralizing all of an organization’s data related to a given subject in a single, reliable location, ensuring that every person and every system operates with the same up-to-date information.

2025-11-10T13:50:07+00:002025-11-10T13:50:07Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/drift/#atom

<p>Drift is the difference between the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/desired-state/">Desired State</a> of a system and its <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/actual-state/">Actual State</a>.</p> <p>Detecting and resolving this drift is essential to prevent security vulnerabilities, compliance violations, and operational failures.</p>

2025-11-10T13:47:54+00:002025-11-10T13:47:54Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/actual-state/#atom

Current and factual condition of a system or its data as opposed to the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/desired-state/">Desired State</a>.

2025-11-10T13:47:45+00:002025-11-10T13:47:45Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/desired-state/#atom

The planned state of a system, usually defined as data or code in a <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/single-source-of-truth/"><abbr title="Single Source of Truth">SSOT</abbr></a>.

2025-07-26T10:27:48+00:002025-07-26T10:27:48Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/non-human-identity/#atom

Identity belonging to a machine, service account, containerized workload, or autonomous agent.

2025-07-16T15:07:33+00:002025-07-16T15:07:33Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/identity-and-access-management/#atom

Identity and access management is a framework of policies, technologies, and business processes aimed at facilitating the management of digital identities and their access.

2025-07-02T07:50:28+00:002025-07-02T07:50:28Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/ssl-bridging/#atom

The load balancer decrypts the incoming encrypted traffic (same as in SSL-Termination) and re-encrypts it when sending to the destination (e.g. backend instances).

2025-07-02T07:50:28+00:002025-07-02T07:50:28Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/ssl-passthrough/#atom

<p>The load balancer passes the encrypted traffic to the destination (e.g. backend instances) without decrypting it.</p> <p>Because the load balancer only sees encrypted traffic, it is not possible to perform layer 7 (OSI model) actions.</p>

2025-07-02T07:50:28+00:002025-07-02T07:50:28Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/ssl-termination/#atom

The load balancer decrypts the incoming encrypted traffic and sends it to the destination (e.g. backend instances) unencrypted.

2023-08-06T10:15:25+00:002023-08-06T10:15:25Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/information-and-communication-technology/#atom

<p>An umbrella term that encompasses all technical means used to handle information and facilitate communication through the use of computing devices (e.g., desktops, laptops, servers, mainframes, smartphones, tablet, or any other CPU-equipped device), network equipment (e.g., routers, switches, modems, cables), other peripherals (e.g., printers, scanners, external hard drives), and any related software.</p>

2023-08-06T10:15:25+00:002023-08-06T10:15:25Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/out-of-the-box/#atom

Native or built-in feature or functionality of a product, included by default and that works immediately after first setup.

2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/best-effort/#atom

Reasonable effort to satisfy a request but without guaranteeing success.

2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/information-technology/#atom

<p>The study or use of hardware and software to manage, store, retrieve, and deliver data.</p> <p>A subset of <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/information-and-communication-technology/"><abbr title="Single Source of Truth">ICT</abbr></a>.</p>

2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/real-time-computing/#atom

<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>Real-time computing, also known as reactive computing, is used to describe a computer system that guarantees the processing of inputs and the execution of tasks within specified time limits, often referred to as “deadlines”.</p> <p>We can divide real-time systems into three categories based on expectations:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="/glossary/real-time-computing/">soft real-time</a></li> <li> <a href="/glossary/real-time-computing/">firm real-time</a></li> <li> <a href="/glossary/real-time-computing/">hard real-time</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="soft-real-time">soft real-time</h2> <p>The system continues to operate even if it’s unable to perform operations within the allotted time.</p> <h2 id="firm-real-time">firm real-time</h2> <p>Deadlines are crucial, but occasional non-compliance is tolerable.</p>

2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/real-time-os/#atom2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/recovery-point-objective/#atom

Targeted duration of time between the event of failure and the point where operations resume.

2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/recovery-time-objective/#atom

Agreed maximum time, based on risk analysis, between the failure event and the restoration of operations.

2023-08-06T10:10:15+00:002023-08-06T10:10:15Zhttps://sinetris.info/glossary/software-bill-of-materials/#atom

<p>A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is a comprehensive inventory of all the components, including dependencies and related installed tools, used in a software.</p>