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According to dictionary.com terminology is:

The system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialised subject; nomenclature:

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What is the difference between Sysadmin and DevOps Engineer?

When applying for a job, usually you can find two types of similar jobs: Sysadmin Engineer and DevOps Engineer. Both of them deal with server configuration and ensure the reliable operation of computer systems. It can be hard to tell the difference…
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Is DevOps restricted to companies with SaaS products?

The practices describing DevOps, such as continuous delivery, automation, etc. are relevant to products that provide continuous service, such as SaaS products. For example, a software development company that mostly does projects for other clients…
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What is a Platform Engineer?

I've been called many things over my career, most of them polite - more recently the work to build CI/CD pipelines has been termed "Platform Engineer" or "Platform Engineering". The risk of such a title is that you get typecast into the role of an…
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What is the difference between DevOps engineer Vs DevOps consultant Vs DevOps architect?

What is the difference between DevOps engineer Vs DevOps consultant Vs DevOps architect? Considering Role wise & Salary wise & Seniority wise & job demand wise, etc.
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What is Systems Thinking?

The "First Way" in Gene Kim's explanation of DevOps requires "Systems Thinking" https://itrevolution.com/the-three-ways-principles-underpinning-devops/ Where can one learn the ability for "Systems Thinking"? What are some of the resources that can…
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Is DevSecOps indeed a new practice worth a professional term?

Or rather marketing slang? Currently, I am not always sure how to build a consense which words deliver informational value and which are thought to attract customers. So, DevOps would include security testing if required without calling it…
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What's the difference between "Ops Dev" and "DevOps"?

I've heard both terms, but I can't differentiate between the two.
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What is the difference between continuous deployment to continuous delivery?

I understand continuous integration as "orchestrating and continuously installing and/or upgrading an environment, or part of an environment, based on communally-maintained code". - my own definition. But what is the difference between continuous…
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What is warm(ing) up?

There are a few questions that mention something about warm up, such as: How to filter out system-generated calls in monitoring of Azure Webapps? ... to keep the container instance/VM warmed up. What is the ec2 cli command to modify the minimum…
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What is the difference between Tasksel and CMTs like Ansible/Salt/Puppet/Chef?

What is the difference between Tasksel and Configuration Management Tools (CMTs) like Ansible/Salt/Puppet/Chef? I'm not sure Tasksel should be considered a "CMT". Maybe "Package Installation Automizer" or similar term is the correct one. The purpose…
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From Java Developer to DevOps and will devops die?

Hi all :) I want to switch from java developer to devops because i want to work something more interesting. I know that as a devops i will have to code but beside that i hope i will learn some new things like server administration, CI, CD,…
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