Tech Pronunciation Guide

How to correctly pronounce 205+ tech terms — with IPA, common mistakes, etymology, and tips for non-native speakers.

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B

beta ˈbeɪtə binary ˈbaɪnəri boilerplate ˈbɔɪlərˌpleɪt boolean ˈbuːliən

D

daemon ˈdiːmən data ˈdeɪtə Datadog ˈdeɪtəˌdɒɡ Debian ˈdɛbiən debt dɛt debug diːˈbʌɡ declarative dɪˈklɛrətɪv delegate ˈdɛlɪɡeɪt Deno ˈdiːnoʊ deploy dɪˈplɔɪ deprecate ˈdɛprɪˌkeɪt DevOps ˈdɛvɒps Django ˈdʒæŋɡoʊ Docker ˈdɒkər Drizzle ˈdrɪzəl

E

Elasticsearch ɪˈlæstɪkˌsɜːrtʃ Elixir ɪˈlɪksər entrepreneur ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːr enum ˈiːnʌm ephemeral ɪˈfɛmərəl Epoch ˈɛpək Erlang ˈɜːrlæŋ ESLint ˌiːˈɛsˌlɪnt executable ˈɛksɪkjuːtəbəl expertise ˌɛkspɜːrˈtiːz

F

Facade fəˈsɑːd Fastly ˈfæstli Figma ˈfɪɡmə

G

Gatsby ˈɡætsbɪ GIF ɡɪf gist dʒɪst GitHub ˈɡɪthʌb Golang ˈɡoʊlæŋ Grafana ɡrəˈfɑːnə GraphQL ˈɡræfˌkjuːˈɛl gRPC ˌdʒiːˌɑːrˌpiːˈsiː GUI ˈɡuːi

H

hackathon ˈhækəθɑːn Height haɪt Helm hɛlm Heroku hɪˈroʊkuː Heuristic hjuːˈrɪstɪk hierarchy ˈhaɪərɑːrki Homebrew ˈhoʊmbruː Hono ˈhoʊnoʊ Huawei ˈwɑːweɪ hybrid ˈhaɪbrɪd

I

idempotent aɪˈdɛmpətənt IEEE aɪˌtriːplˈiː Imgur ˈɪmɪdʒər imperative ɪmˈpɛrətɪv integer ˈɪntɪdʒər Istio ˈɪstioʊ

J

Jaeger ˈjeɪɡər Jira ˈdʒiːrə JSON ˈdʒeɪsən JWT dʒɒt

K

Kafka ˈkɑːfkə kernel ˈkɜːrnəl Kotlin ˈkɒtlɪn kubectl ˈkuːbkənˌtroʊl kubernetes ˌkuːbərˈnɛtiːz

L

lambda ˈlæmdə legacy ˈlɛɡəsi Linux ˈlɪnʌks locale loʊˈkæl localhost ˈloʊkəlˌhoʊst Lua ˈluːə

M

Meme miːm Memoize ˈmɛmoʊˌaɪz middleware ˈmɪdəlˌwɛr module ˈmɑːdʒuːl Mongoose ˈmɒŋɡuːs MySQL maɪˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl

N

Netlify ˈnɛtlɪˌfaɪ nginx ˌɛndʒɪnˈɛks niche nɪtʃ NoSQL ˌnoʊˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl Notion ˈnoʊʃən npm ˌɛnˌpiːˈɛm null nʌl Nuxt nʌkst

O

OAuth oʊˈɔːθ OAuth2 oʊˈɔːθ tuː Okta ˈɑːktə

P

paradigm ˈpærədaɪm payload ˈpeɪloʊd polymorphism ˌpɑːliˈmɔːrfɪzəm PostgreSQL ˈpoʊstɡrɛsˌkjuːˈɛl Prettier ˈprɪtiər Prisma ˈprɪzmə Prometheus prəˈmiːθiəs Pseudo ˈsuːdoʊ pseudocode ˈsuːdoʊkoʊd Pulumi pəˈluːmi

Q

R

recipe ˈrɛsəpi recursion rɪˈkɜːrʒən recursive rɪˈkɜːrsɪv Redis ˈrɛdɪs refactor riːˈfæktər regex ˈrɛdʒɛks REPL ˈrɛpəl repository rɪˈpɒzɪtəri REST rɛst robust roʊˈbʌst route raʊt router ˈraʊtər Rust rʌst

S

sandbox ˈsændbɑːks schedule ˈskɛdʒuːl schema ˈskiːmə scrum skrʌm Sentry ˈsɛntri Sequelize ˈsiːkwəˌlaɪz silicon ˈsɪlɪkən Splunk splʌŋk SQL ˈsiːkwəl Storybook ˈstɔːriˌbʊk Stripe straɪp sudo ˈsuːduː suite swiːt Sumo Logic ˈsuːmoʊ ˈlɒdʒɪk Supabase ˈsuːpəbeɪs Svelte svɛlt syntax ˈsɪntæks

T

Tailwind ˈteɪlˌwɪnd telemetry təˈlɛmətri template ˈtɛmplət Terraform ˈtɛrəfɔːrm thread θrɛd token ˈtoʊkən Traefik ˈtræfɪk tRPC ˌtiːˌɑːrˌpiːˈsiː tuple ˈtʌpəl Turbopack ˈtɜːrboʊpæk Twilio ˈtwɪlioʊ TypeScript ˈtaɪpskrɪpt

U

Ubuntu ʊˈbuːntuː

V

verbose vɜːrˈboʊs Vercel vɜːrˈsɛl virtualization ˌvɜːrtʃuəlɪˈzeɪʃən Vite viːt Vue vjuː vulnerability ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪləti

W

Webpack ˈwɛbpæk wget ˈwɛɡɛt Width wɪdθ Wrangler ˈræŋɡlər WYSIWYG ˈwɪziwɪɡ

X

Xamarin ˈzæmərɪn xerox ˈzɪrɑːks

Y

YAML ˈjæməl Yarn jɑːrn yield jiːld

Z

Zod zɒd Zustand ˈtsuːʃtɑːnt