Most Popular Practices & Methods

1

Met Gala

annual fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute

📚 8 citations Event

90,793
views / month

2

Live Aid

1985 benefit concert

📚 4 citations Event

10,858
views / month

3

floppy disk

removable disk storage medium

📚 8 citations class

5,256
views / month

4

United We Stand: What More Can I Give

benefit concert

📚 1 citation VisualArtwork

3,724
views / month

5

LaserDisc

optical video disc format

📚 3 citations class

3,674
views / month

6

copyleft

technique in copyright law of granting freedoms over copies of a work, and over derivative works by using a share-alike

📚 6 citations Intangible

3,386
views / month

7

Raptor Lake

Intel microprocessor, released in 2022

class

3,267
views / month

8

computer mouse

hand-held device used to move a pointer on a computer display

📚 9 citations class

3,248
views / month

9

JavaScript

high-level programming language

📚 36 citations Place

3,178
views / month

10

Soccer Aid

television series

📚 1 citation Event

3,069
views / month

11

Sidemen Charity Match

recurring association football competition between YouTubers organised by and featuring YouTube group the Sidemen

Event

3,057
views / month

12

programmable logic controller

digital computer used for automation of electromechanical processes

📚 5 citations class

2,944
views / month

13

Back to the Beginning

2025 Black Sabbath concert

📚 5 citations Event

2,911
views / month

14

KISS

acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid"; design principle

📚 2 citations Thing

2,820
views / month

15

seven-segment display

form of electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals

📚 1 citation class

2,796
views / month

16

Ultra HD Blu-ray

optical disc storage medium

class

2,688
views / month

17

computer keyboard

device comprising an arrangement of buttons or keys used to input text in computers

📚 11 citations class

2,565
views / month

18

don't repeat yourself

software development principle with the goal of reducing repetitive software patterns, and replacing them with abstracti

📚 1 citation Thing

2,423
views / month

19

microphone

acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal

📚 8 citations class

2,403
views / month

20

graphics card

expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display

📚 3 citations class

2,301
views / month

21

motherboard

main printed circuit board (PCB) for a computing device

📚 8 citations class

2,195
views / month

22

Alder Lake

Intel CPU architecture

class

2,035
views / month

23

touchscreen

input/output device usually layered on the top of an electronic visual display

📚 7 citations class

2,000
views / month

24

waste management

generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of wastes

📚 11 citations Thing

1,982
views / month

25

Trusted Platform Module

international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, a dedicated microcontroller designed to secure hardware through int

📚 2 citations class

1,851
views / month

26

software testing

investigation conducted to provide information about the quality of a software product or service under test and enable

📚 6 citations Thing

1,840
views / month

27

analysis paralysis

state of over-analyzing which leads to decision delay and worse outcome

📚 4 citations Thing

1,803
views / month

28

small form-factor pluggable transceiver

family of optical transceiver modules used for computer networking

📚 1 citation class

1,792
views / month

29

universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

computer hardware device

📚 2 citations class

1,754
views / month

30

plasma display

flat panel type

📚 4 citations class

1,655
views / month

31

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness

1992 benefit concert

📚 5 citations Event

1,630
views / month

32

Liskov substitution principle

object-oriented programming principle stating that, in a computer program, if S is a subtype of T, then objects of type

📚 1 citation Thing

1,556
views / month

33

webcam

computer-connected video camera that streams its image in real time to a computer network

📚 5 citations class

1,521
views / month

34

Bal des Débutantes

high-society charity event organized yearly in Paris, France

📚 2 citations Event

1,508
views / month

35

Live 8

benefit concerts held in 2005

📚 3 citations Event

1,462
views / month

36

Superman memory crystal

Data storage format

class

1,441
views / month

37

Kaby Lake

Intel processor family

📚 1 citation class

1,389
views / month

38

optical disc

flat and usually circular disc which encodes binary data, primarily used for physical data distribution and long-term ar

📚 7 citations class

1,382
views / month

39

telephone keypad

keypad that appears on a "Touch Tone" telephone

📚 2 citations class

1,338
views / month

40

magnetic-core memory

predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years between about 1955 and 1975

class

1,274
views / month

41

cache

computing component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster

📚 7 citations class

1,271
views / month

42

continuous integration

software development practice based on frequent submission of granular changes

📚 1 citation Thing

1,253
views / month

43

Super Audio CD

read-only optical disc for high-fidelity audio storage

📚 2 citations class

1,252
views / month

44

router

device that connects computer networks

📚 8 citations class

1,248
views / month

45

power supply unit

internal computer component that provides power to other components

📚 4 citations class

1,205
views / month

46

One Love Manchester

benefit concert

📚 14 citations Event

1,148
views / month

47

input device

peripheral to provide data and signals to an information processing system

📚 5 citations class

1,129
views / month

48

computer terminal

computer input/output device; an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, an

📚 8 citations class

1,129
views / month

49

image scanner

device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image

📚 8 citations class

1,120
views / month

50

head-up display

transparent display presenting data within normal sight lines of the user

📚 3 citations class

1,099
views / month

51

network card

hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network

📚 3 citations class

1,060
views / month

52

single source of truth

information systems good practice for data normalization using one source for a particular data element

Thing

1,013
views / month

53

virtual reality headset

head-mounted device that provides virtual reality for the wearer

📚 1 citation class

991
views / month

54

Universal Media Disc

optical disc medium for PlayStation Portable

class

972
views / month

55

printer

computer peripheral that prints text or graphics

📚 12 citations class

950
views / month

56

dependency inversion principle

principle that result in a specific form of decoupling of software modules that results in reversing of the dependency r

📚 1 citation Thing

945
views / month

57

not invented here

dysfunctional institutional culture that eschews reusing products or ideas of external origin

📚 1 citation Thing

939
views / month

58

computer hardware

physical components of a computer

📚 8 citations class

937
views / month

59

pointing stick

isometric joystick typically mounted in a keyboard

📚 2 citations class

936
views / month

60

dynamic range compression

audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds thus reducing or comp

📚 4 citations class

924
views / month

61

Farm Aid

music festival

📚 6 citations Organization

914
views / month

62

single responsibility principle

computer-programming principle that states that every class in a computer program should have responsibility over a sing

📚 1 citation Thing

906
views / month

63

CD-R

compact disc format that can be written once and read arbitrarily many times

📚 5 citations class

882
views / month

64

magnetoresistive random-access memory

type of non-volatile random-access memory which stores data in magnetic domains

📚 3 citations class

864
views / month

65

The Concert for Bangladesh

1971 benefit concert organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar

📚 2 citations Event

859
views / month

66

dongle

small piece of hardware that attaches to computer or other electronic device

class

835
views / month

67

peripheral

hardware device which attaches to a computer and provides input, output, storage or communication facilities

📚 9 citations class

820
views / month

68

Broadwell

Intel processor family

📚 1 citation class

809
views / month

69

cargo cult programming

style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real pur

📚 1 citation Thing

793
views / month

70

GDDR7 SDRAM

type of graphics card memory

📚 1 citation class

792
views / month

71

Tiger Lake

Intel processor family

class

786
views / month

72

touchpad

pointing device

📚 2 citations class

785
views / month

73

dot matrix printer

class of printers

📚 5 citations class

784
views / month

74

open hardware

hardware whose design documents are openly accessible to and modifiable by others

📚 2 citations class

751
views / month

75

trackball

pointing device

📚 5 citations class

750
views / month

76

buck passing

the act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility

Thing

730
views / month

77

Distinguished Gentleman's Ride

global motorcycle fund-raising event

Event

721
views / month

78

VT100

computer terminal

📚 1 citation class

718
views / month

79

spaghetti code

pejorative phrase for source code that has a complex and tangled control structure reminiscent of spaghetti

📚 1 citation Thing

715
views / month

80

Atmel AVR

family of microcontrollers

📚 3 citations class

712
views / month

81

principle of least astonishment

principle in computer system design

📚 1 citation Thing

709
views / month

82

wireless access point

device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, or related standards

📚 4 citations class

706
views / month

83

clock face

part of a non-digital clock that displays the time

📚 4 citations class

706
views / month

84

optical disc drive

disk drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves to read or write data

📚 2 citations class

705
views / month

85

keypad

small, rectangular keyboard supporting a limited set of symbols

📚 2 citations class

686
views / month

86

Live USB

USB flash drive or a USB external hard disk drive containing a full operating system that can be booted

📚 2 citations class

684
views / month

87

DIMM

computer memory module that has separate electrical contacts on each side of the module and a 64-bit data path

📚 4 citations class

681
views / month

88

Time Stamp Counter

64-bit x86 register; counts the number of cycles since reset

class

670
views / month

89

musical keyboard

musical instrument component

📚 5 citations class

668
views / month

90

video game controller

device used with games or entertainment systems

📚 3 citations class

668
views / month

91

memory management unit

computer hardware unit having all memory references passed through itself, primarily performing the translation of virtu

📚 1 citation class

667
views / month

92

GDDR6

type of synchronous graphics random-access memory

class

649
views / month

93

d-pad

flat, usually thumb-operated directional control on most modern video game controllers and remote controllers

📚 2 citations class

648
views / month

94

web cache

mechanism for the temporary storage (caching) of web documents

📚 2 citations class

643
views / month

95

sound card

expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals

📚 6 citations class

642
views / month

96

split-flap display

electromechanical display device

📚 1 citation class

641
views / month

97

multi-core processor

microprocessor with more than one processing unit

📚 3 citations class

634
views / month

98

PHQ-9

nine-item questionnaire used for screen patients for depression

Event

621
views / month

99

default gateway

node in a computer network using the Internet protocol suite that serves as the forwarding host (router) to other networ

📚 2 citations class

619
views / month

100

Jankó keyboard

musical instrument part

📚 1 citation class

613
views / month