Web Development Term Definitions

JavaScript

Programming language that makes websites interactive (like dropdown menus or animations).

JSON-LD

JSON is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of name–value pairs and array.

JSON-LD is JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data. It a method of encoding linked data using JSON. It was designed to require minimal effort from developers to transform their existing JSON to JSON-LD. JSON-LD allows data to be serialized in a way that is similar to traditional JSON, making it easy to integrate with existing systems.