Acronym for Free or open-source software. Software, like Joomla, that is available to use, copy, study, and change in any way without charge. FOSS software typically uses a special software license, such as GPL, that requires any derivative works to also be free.

Stands for Structured query language. The language used to create SQL queries to access and manipulate databases. Includes DDL (data-definition language that manages table and index structure) and DML (data manipulation lan- guage, the subset of SQL used to add, update and delete data).