# The tech dictionary, explained simply

> A free bilingual dictionary of technology: AI, cloud, AWS, networks, security, data, hardware and tech companies. Every term in plain words, with an analogy, a diagram and official sources.

What is an API, a token, a data lake or a VPN? Tidbit explains technology terms in plain words for curious people who are not engineers, with an everyday analogy, a diagram and links to the official documentation. Every term exists in English and Spanish.

- All terms, A to Z: https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/a-z/
- Topics: https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/
- Versión en castellano: https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/es/
- For agents: https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/llms.txt

## Browse by topic

- [AI](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/ai/): 47 terms
- [AWS](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/aws/): 40 terms
- [Cloud](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/cloud/): 38 terms
- [Hardware](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/hardware/): 39 terms
- [Software](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/software/): 60 terms
- [Data](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/data/): 34 terms
- [Security](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/security/): 52 terms
- [Networks](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/networks/): 50 terms
- [Tech companies](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/topics/companies/): 41 terms

## Newest terms

- [5G](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/5g/): The fifth generation of mobile networks: faster data, less delay, more devices at once.
- [Adobe](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/adobe/): The company behind Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Acrobat and the PDF format.
- [AGI](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/agi/): A hypothetical AI able to do most mental tasks as well as a person. Not here yet.
- [Agile and Scrum](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/agile-and-scrum/): Building software in short cycles, showing results often and adjusting as you learn.
- [AI bias](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/ai-bias/): When an AI system treats some groups of people unfairly, usually learned from its data.
- [Algorithm](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/algorithm/): A precise, step-by-step method for solving a problem or doing a task.
- [Alibaba](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/alibaba/): China's giant of online marketplaces, which also runs a major cloud.
- [Amazon](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/amazon/): An online store with its own delivery network, and the company that runs AWS.
- [Amazon Lightsail](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/amazon-lightsail/): The simple corner of AWS: a ready-made server for a flat monthly price.
- [AMD](https://tidbit.legios.com.ar/amd/): The chip designer that competes with Intel in CPUs and with NVIDIA in GPUs.