vocab

This is a WIP. If you see any inaccuracies or think I should add anything, comment below. 

Cookies - A small piece of data that is generated with a unique ID that tracks your session on a website. Cookies can be passed from website to website. They remember things like your login details and can be used to authenticate you to servers. 

Authentication - A way of proving you are who you say you are to a website or server.

Authorization - A way to segment what data a user can access on a website.

Protocol - A standardized way of communicating over networks (HTTP/HTTPS)

JWT - A way to authenticate a user to a website without using cookies.

Origin - A host or domain (www.google.com).

Port - A virtual point where communications start and end.

Header - A piece of extra data at the beginning of an HTTP request. This allows you to send extra information along with GET/POST/PATCH etc. requests.

SSL - The standard technology for keeping an internet connection secure and safeguarding any sensitive data that is being sent between two systems.