Cheat sheet: Where data lives

The 31 terms of this lesson, part by part, with the French word a team in France would use.

1. Three places data can live

Databasebase de données: an organised store of data on a server, such as every message left in a guestbook.
Accountcompte: the record a site keeps for one person on its servers, which they reach by logging in from any device.
Cookiecookie: a small piece of data a site stores in your browser, which the browser sends back to that site with each request.
Local storagestockage local: a place in the browser where a page keeps small things, such as a dark mode choice, on this device only.
Outside serviceservice tiers, service externe: a service from another company that does one job for a site, such as payments, sending emails or maps.
Analyticsmesure d'audience, analytics: an outside service that counts visits and records what visitors do on a site, such as Google Analytics.

Loginconnexion: the step where a person proves who they are to a site, usually with an email address and a password.
Sessionsession: the record that keeps a person logged in to a site, so that ending it logs them out.
Session cookiecookie de session: a long random code that the server gives your browser at login, and uses to recognise you on each request.
Cookiecookie: a small piece of data a site stores in your browser, which the browser sends back to that site with each request.
Log outse déconnecter: to end your session, so that the browser's session cookie no longer opens your account.
Private windowfenêtre de navigation privée: a browser window that deletes its cookies and stored data when you close it.

Accountcompte: the record a site keeps for one person on its servers, which they reach by logging in from any device.
Local storagestockage local: a place in the browser where a page keeps small things, such as a dark mode choice, on this device only.
IP addressadresse IP: the numeric address that computers on the internet use to find and reach each other.
Private windowfenêtre de navigation privée: a browser window that deletes its cookies and stored data when you close it.
Clear browser dataeffacer les données de navigation: to delete the cookies, local storage and cached files that a browser keeps for websites.

Hard-codedcodé en dur: written directly into the code, so it changes only when someone edits the code and publishes again.
Deploydéployer, mettre en prod: to publish a new version of a site, so that visitors see the changes.
AI agentagent d'IA: a program that reads and writes a project's files and runs commands, following your requests in a chat.
CMSCMS: the admin screen where people write and publish a site's content without editing its code, such as WordPress.
Admin screenback-office: the private pages where a team edits a site's content, such as texts and images, without touching code.
Maintenancemaintenance: the regular work that keeps a site working after launch, such as updates, fixes and renewals.
Inspectinspecter: the right-click choice that opens the developer tools on one part of the page, with its live HTML and style rules.

Personal datadonnées personnelles: any information about a person who can be identified, such as a name or an email address.
GDPRRGPD: the European law on personal data, which applies as soon as a site collects a name or an email.
Databasebase de données: an organised store of data on a server, such as every message left in a guestbook.
Hostinghébergement: the service that stores a site's files and sends them to visitors.
Outside serviceservice tiers, service externe: a service from another company that does one job for a site, such as payments, sending emails or maps.
Admin screenback-office: the private pages where a team edits a site's content, such as texts and images, without touching code.
Launchlancement, mise en ligne: the moment a site first opens to the public, with real users and real data.

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