Agile Methodology Glossary
Agile Methodology
Facilitation
A facilitator is a person who chooses or is given the explicit role of conducting a meeting.
Development Operations (DevOps)
Fail Fast
A strategy in which you try something, it fails, feedback is delivered quickly, you adapt accordingly, and try again.
Website Development
Favicon
A small icon image, often a company logo, that displays on the title bar or tab of a browser.
Web3
Few
short for “Few understand”. A rallying cry that crypto folks are still early in this space and will make a lot of money when mass adoption comes.
Web3
Fiat
a currency established as legal tender, often backed and regulated by a government, such as the US Dollar.
WordPress CMS
Footer
Your Footer is the last section of your website, down at the very bottom. Depending on your site design you may have multiple footer areas and often this section can be customized with widgets, menus, etc.
Web3
Fork
a change to a blockchain’s protocol. When these changes are minor, this results in a soft fork. When the changes are more fundamental, this may result in a hard fork, leading to the formation of a separate chain with different rules.
Digital Media & Advertising
FPO
For Position Only – this is not the final content, but its dimensions are accurate
Web3
Fractionalize
the process of locking an NFT into a smart contract, and then dividing it into smaller parts which are issued as fungible tokens. This lowers the price of ownership and allows artwork and other digital assets to be owned by a community.
Agile Methodology
Frequent Releases
An Agile team frequently releases its product into the hands of end users, listening to feedback, whether critical or appreciative.
WordPress CMS
Front End vs Back End
You might sometimes see the words front end and back end tossed about. The Front end is the part of the website that end users (that is, site visitors) see when they visit a site.
Website Development
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
a common method of transferring files from one computer to another over the Internet.
Web3
FUD- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
news around an asset that seems negative, but turns out to be false or blown out of proportion.
eCommerce
Fulfillment
Fulfillment is the receipt, processing, packaging, and shipping of orders made through your online store. Learn more in our guide to automating fulfillment.
Web3
Full Node
a blockchain node which stores the blockchain’s complete history, as well as verifies and relays transactions.
Web3
Fungible
interchangeable; exchangeable with something else of the same kind.
Website Development
GA
Google Analytics is the most popular free website analytics tool available on the market.
WordPress CMS
Gallery
A Gallery is a grouping of images. When you are creating content on your WordPress site you can choose to “Add Media” where you might insert one image, video or other media file.
Web3
Gas
a fee paid by a user to conduct a transaction or execute a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain. This fee is dependent upon the transaction’s complexity as well as the current demand on the network.
eCommerce
Gateway (or payment gateway)
An ecommerce service provider that communicates with your merchant account provider to authorize and process credit card payments.
Web3
Genesis Block
the very first block of a blockchain network.