57 terms Reviewed

Glossary for teams buying software

Terms you meet when you commission software for energy, lending, AI, connected devices or accessible apps. Each entry says what the term means, what it changes in the software you are buying, and where we have built it.

Every entry is reviewed by a practitioner who builds these systems: Mateusz Widenka, Daria Gusieva, Paweł Zieliński, Maciej Sułek, Michał Dżaman, Łukasz Gajownik, Karol Oponowicz.

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  • 25 terms

    Energy software glossary

    Market, storage and device terms for teams that buy energy software, from demand response and day-ahead trading to the protocols that connect inverters and batteries.

    • aFRR
    • BESS
    • BMS
    • Capacity fee

  • 17 terms

    Lending and fintech software glossary

    Lending and payments terms for teams that buy fintech software: what regulators require, what customers expect in the app, and what that means for the system.

    • 3-D Secure (3DS)
    • AMLR
    • APR
    • Card issuing

  • 7 terms

    Applied AI software glossary

    Terms you meet when you add AI to a product that has to work in production: where the model runs, what happens to the data, and how you know the output is good enough.

    • Data anonymization
    • Easy-to-read (ETR)
    • EU AI Act
    • LLM evaluation

  • 5 terms

    IoT and device software glossary

    Terms you meet when software has to run on devices you do not hold in your hand: updates over the air, fleet management and control of network traffic.

    • AOSP
    • Deep packet inspection
    • MDM
    • OTA update

  • 6 terms

    Digital accessibility glossary

    Terms you meet when an app has to work for people who use screen readers, keyboards or simplified text: the standard, how to test against it, and what that means for the build.

    • Accessibility audit
    • Easy-to-read (ETR)
    • European Accessibility Act (EAA)
    • Focus management

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A

  • aFRR

    Automatic frequency restoration reserve

    • Energy

  • AMLR

    Anti-Money Laundering Regulation

    • Fintech

  • AOSP

    Android Open Source Project

    • IoT & Devices

  • APR

    Annual percentage rate of charge

    • Fintech

B

  • BESS

    Battery energy storage system

    • Energy

  • BMS

    Battery management system

    • Energy

C

D

E

F

  • Focus management

    Focus management (keyboard and screen reader focus)

    • Accessibility

G

K

  • KYC

    Know your customer

    • Fintech

L

M

N

  • NIS2

    NIS2 Directive

    • Energy

O

P

R

S

T

V

  • V2G

    Vehicle-to-grid

    • Energy

  • VPP

    Virtual power plant

    • Energy

W

  • WCAG 2.2

    Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2

    • AI
    • Accessibility

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