Integrations Glossary

Browse 5 integrations terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

5 Integrations Terms

Attachment
A file or binary object associated with another item such as an email, message, ticket, or record. In application development, attachments often require...
Digital Duct Tape
A temporary technical fix that holds things together just well enough to keep moving, even if it is inelegant or fragile. It often describes adapters, scripts,...
GitHub Marketplace
GitHub’s directory for apps, actions, and services that integrate with repositories, workflows, and developer operations. It acts as a discovery layer for...
Integration Hell
A miserable state caused by mismatched systems, awkward contracts, poor docs, brittle auth, and all the other pains of making separate things work together. In...
Third-Party
Coming from an external organization rather than from the company itself or the direct customer. Third-party dependencies can accelerate execution, but they...

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