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EXPRESSION DESCRIPTION
Back-end All API, Business logic and DB related aspects, typically referring to scope / TT of the BE team / java
Card Widget; replacement of a -> portlet, that contains various data, often in a graphical way
Cloud Highly scalable, decentralized managed service infrastructure. Knows three service layers [[1]]

- IAAS > such as AWS or Azure
- PAAS > such as Google Engine or SalesForce
- SAAS > Adobe Cloud or SynerTrade XLR8

Core Refers to the pages build in old technology (“monolithic block”). Everything that is not core is built in new technology.
Deployment The act of installing an application to a server / cloud infrastructure. The resulting software on the server is called Deployment Artefact.
Entity Any value in a list of values belonging to an object. E.g. one specific LE, SBU, Payment Terms or UOM.
Ext JS Name of the FE library used to build the pages in the new architecture; Ext JS has a client and a server side implementation
Front-end All client and UI related aspects, typically referring to scope / TT of the FE team / javascript
Hybrid Cloud mixture of Public Cloud and Private Cloud elements with distinct interfaces [[2]]

This is the setup we have for the Supplier Portal (PubCloud) vs. Invoice (PrivCloud) architecture

Infinite scrolling Loading on demand additional records when scrolling thereby pre-loading the next batch of data; initial load is to fit page plus 2. batch
Kernel The very central and connected entities and services of XLR8 without which the application cannot exist and which cannot be deactivated / not used. SDB, CDB, PDB, AO. An extended kernel definition includes WFE, DMS, SSP and search.
Permission Is a system property granting one or more users (usually all of a certain role) of a system access to a specific resource.
Portlet Container of information (typically in form of a list) in the -> Cockpit
Private Cloud internally managed cloud, usually within an Intranet [[3]]
Public Cloud externally available cloud [[4]]
Role An abstract definition of an arbitrary responsibility within a digital system. Usually applicable to one or more users of the system
Row A record in a table
Test case A description of the tests to be conducted to validate the implementation. TCs are distinguished in functional (related to UC / US) and technical (related to browser, performance, persistence …) and are conducted manually or automatically.
Transaction transaction processing is information processing that is divided into individual, indivisible operations called transactions. Each transaction must succeed or fail as a complete unit; it can never be only partially complete [[5]]
Workflow The formal digital specification of business processes, providing a link between actions / tasks and actors (users). Constraints are usually defined by rules, which should be independently declared from an arbitrary workflow
Widget Graphical element, often based on a standard from the FE framework Ext JS