Data Transfer Object

The ability of a computer system to cope with errors during execution.

Probability of working without failure. There is a difference between reliability and resilience.

Capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.   There is a difference between resilience and reliability.  

Remote Procedure Call. AJAX is a remote procedure call. HTTP request/response is a remote procedure call.

You Aren’t Gonna Need It

Obscurity is when important information is not obvious.

Change amplification is when a local change requires many changes elsewhere.

Servers (or VMs) are never modified after deployment. If a modification is required, a new server is provisioned.

Entropy is a measure of disorder. Software usually becomes more difficult and costly to maintain over time. Its entropy tends to increase as a result. Note to myself: The Boy Scout Rule, code refactoring and paying technical debt help reducing software entropy.