English for I.T. (Information technology) professionals 1
A synonym exercise for IT vocabulary. Build your range by matching technology terms with similar meanings — useful for anyone writing or speaking about IT topics in professional English.
📚 Key vocabulary API (Application Programming Interface) — a set of rules allowing different software applications to communicate and share data with each other cloud computing — the delivery of computing services including storage, servers, and software over the internet on demand agile methodology — a project management approach based on iterative development, collaboration, and flexibility to change DevOps — a set of practices combining software development and IT operations to shorten development cycles and improve reliability cybersecurity — the practice of protecting computer systems, networks, and data from digital attacks and unauthorized access bandwidth — the maximum rate of data transfer across a network, typically measured in megabits per second latency — the delay between a user's action and the corresponding response from a system or network scalability — the ability of a system or network to handle an increasing amount of work or expand its capacity firewall — a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing traffic based on defined rules encryption — the process of encoding data so that only authorized parties can read it
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Choose the correct word(s) to make the two sentences have the same meaning.
1. Some believe that the open source era is coming to ______________. = Some believe that the open source era is about to end.
Correct answer: an end.
2. Her programming skills are top-_________________. = She has great programming skills.
Correct answer: notch.
3. We've witnessed some __________________ technological progress. = We've witnessed some incredible technological progress.
Correct answer: remarkable.
4. This software is full of ________________. = This software is faulty; it has defects.
Correct answer: bugs.
5. I have programmed many sites. = I have ____________________ many sites.
Correct answer: coded.
6. It seems there has been a bit of a __________________. = We didn't properly communicate our needs to each other.
Correct answer: miscommunication.
7. Their website really _________________. = Their website became really successful.
Correct answer: took off.
8. It's a _________________ problem. = It's a problem that happens over and over.
Correct answer: recurrent.
9. You can use this widget on more than one website. = You can use this widget on _________________ websites.
Correct answer: multiple.
10. This solution is all right, but it is not the best one. = This solution is adequate, but it is not ____________________.