Events Glossary

Browse 39 events terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

39 Events Terms

Application Event
A meaningful occurrence inside an application, such as a user action, state change, or completed workflow step, that can trigger listeners, logging, or...
Badge
A physical or digital identifier used for access, attendance, affiliation, or status, such as office badges, conference badges, or achievement badges in...
Browser Event
An event emitted by the browser environment in response to user actions, network changes, lifecycle transitions, or DOM activity, such as clicks, focus...
CFP
Short for call for papers, the submission process through which talks, papers, or workshops are proposed for conferences and events. In tech communities people...
Change Event
An event emitted when a value, record, document, or state transition changes, allowing other parts of the system to react. Change events are common in UI...
Cloud Event
An event emitted by a cloud service to signal that something meaningful has happened, such as a file upload, instance change, message arrival, or deployment...
Code Camp
A community learning event or intensive training program focused on programming skills, tooling, or software practices. Depending on context it can mean a...
Code Night
An informal evening event where people gather to code, learn, collaborate, or work on side projects. In developer communities code nights mix social energy...
Code Sprint
A short intensive period focused on making rapid coding progress, often with a narrow goal or event deadline. Code sprints are common in open source, internal...
Community Event
An event organized for a community such as users, developers, contributors, or local tech groups, often focused on learning, networking, or belonging....
Conference Talk
A presentation given at a technical conference to share ideas, case studies, tools, or lessons learned with a professional audience. In developer culture,...
Custom Event
An event defined by an application rather than built into the underlying platform, used to signal domain-specific actions or state changes. Custom events help...
Custom Handler
A user-defined function or component that handles a request, event, callback, or processing step in a tailored way. Custom handlers allow teams to extend...
Dev Day
A day focused on developers through talks, launches, workshops, or internal learning sessions. The phrase can refer to external conferences, partner events, or...
Developer Day
A day organized around developers through announcements, workshops, networking, or internal focus on engineering topics. The phrase often signals a more...
Developer Event
An event designed for developers, such as a meetup, conference, hack day, workshop, or product launch session. In culture, developer events function as both...
Dev Week
A week dedicated to developer-focused activities such as workshops, launches, hack time, or community events. The phrase is often used for internal learning...
Domain Event
A Domain Event is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
Event Bus
An Event Bus is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
Event Culture
The habits, values, and expectations that shape how a group uses events for learning, networking, launches, or community building. Event culture influences...
Event Delegate
An Event Delegate is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Event Dispatcher
An Event Dispatcher is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Event Emitter
An Event Emitter is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
EventEmitter
An EventEmitter is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Event Handler
An Event Handler is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Event Queue
An Event Queue is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
Event Store
An Event Store is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
Event Stream
An Event Stream is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Flash Talk
A very short talk, usually just a few minutes long, intended to share one idea, demo, lesson, or project quickly. In community culture flash talks are useful...
Gathering
A meeting or event where people come together for social, professional, or community reasons. In modern work and community culture, gatherings can range from...
Guest Speaker
A speaker invited to address a group, class, company, or event from outside the immediate organizing team. In workplace and community culture, guest speakers...
Hacker House
A shared living or event space where hackers, founders, or builders gather to work intensely, network, and collaborate.
Maker Faire
A public event showcasing maker projects such as robots, custom electronics, fabrication experiments, art installations, and educational workshops. It became a...
Tech Conference
A conference focused on technology topics such as software engineering, infrastructure, startups, security, or product design. Tech conferences combine...
Tech Meetup
A smaller, usually local gathering where people interested in technology share talks, demos, discussions, or networking around a topic, language, or ecosystem....
Timer
A programming construct that triggers a callback or event after a specified delay (one-shot) or at recurring intervals — implemented via functions like...
Unconference
A participant-driven event where sessions are proposed, shaped, or selected by attendees rather than fixed entirely in advance by organizers. Unconferences...
Watcher
A process or library that subscribes to filesystem change notifications (via inotify on Linux, FSEvents on macOS, or ReadDirectoryChangesW on Windows) and...
Webinar
A live or recorded online presentation used for education, product marketing, lead generation, or customer training. Webinars are common in B2B go-to-market...

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