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/ˌsi-ɛm-pi/

n. “Consent made visible, managed, and enforceable.”

CMP, short for Consent Management Platform, is a software system that helps websites and applications obtain, store, and manage user consent for data collection, processing, and sharing, often in compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA. These platforms are crucial in the modern digital ecosystem, where privacy regulations require explicit and auditable consent from users before personal information can be processed.

/ˌsi-si-pi-eɪ/

n. “Your data, your choice, enforced in California.”

/ˌdʒi-di-pri/

n. “Your data, your rules, enforced globally.”

GDPR, short for General Data Protection Regulation, is a sweeping data privacy law enacted by the European Union in 2018. Its purpose is to give individuals control over their personal data and to standardize how organizations across the EU—and those interacting with EU citizens—handle that data. GDPR transformed data protection from a local compliance task into a global operational concern, redefining the relationship between organizations and the personal information they process.

/ˌoʊ-pən-aɪ-di kəˈnɛkt/

n. “One login to rule them all… with modern flair.”

OpenID Connect is an authentication protocol built on top of the OAuth 2.0 framework. It allows clients—typically web and mobile applications—to verify the identity of a user based on the authentication performed by an identity provider (IdP) and to obtain basic profile information about that user in a secure and standardized way.

/ˈsæm-əl/

n. “Speak once, be heard everywhere.”

SAML, short for Security Assertion Markup Language, is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, specifically between an identity provider (IdP) and a service provider (SP). Its core purpose is to enable Single Sign-On (SSO) across different domains securely and efficiently.

/ˌɛs-ɛs-ˈoʊ/

n. “One login to rule them all — but responsibly.”

SSO, short for Single Sign-On, is a user authentication method that allows individuals to access multiple applications or services with a single set of credentials. Instead of remembering separate usernames and passwords for each system, users log in once, and the authentication is trusted across integrated services.

/ˈoʊ-ˌɔːθ/

n. “Let someone borrow your keys without giving them the whole keyring.”

OAuth, short for Open Authorization, is a protocol that allows secure delegated access to resources without sharing credentials. Instead of giving a third-party app your username and password, OAuth enables the app to access certain parts of your account on your behalf via tokens that can be scoped and revoked.

/ˌaɪ-ō-ˈti/

n. “When your toaster starts talking to your thermostat, politely.”

IoT, short for Internet of Things, refers to the vast ecosystem of physical devices, sensors, appliances, and vehicles that are connected to the internet and can collect, send, and receive data. Unlike traditional computers or smartphones, IoT devices are embedded in everyday objects — from smart fridges and thermostats to industrial machinery and wearable health monitors.

/ˌeɪ-pi-ˈaɪ/

n. “Talk to the machine without learning its secrets.”

API, short for Application Programming Interface, is the set of rules, protocols, and tools that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Think of it as a contract: you send requests in a specified format, and the system responds in a predictable way. APIs are everywhere — powering web services, mobile apps, cloud platforms, and even operating system features.

/ˌsiː ɛs ˈɛs/

n. “Make it pretty, or at least legible.”

CSS, short for Cascading Style Sheets, is the language of visual expression on the web. It tells browsers how to render HTML content, dictating colors, fonts, spacing, layout, and even subtle animations. Without CSS, the web would be a monochrome, blocky, and unforgiving place — essentially plain-text chaos sprinkled with links.