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Pronunciation guide for developer tools and CLIs — npm, cURL, Git, Homebrew, and more.

20 terms
CLI ˌsiːˌɛlˈaɪ
/ˌsiːˌɛlˈaɪ/ — C-L-I (spell it out)
kleecly
GUI ˈɡuːi
/ˈɡuːi/ — GOO-ee
G-U-Igwee
REPL ˈrɛpəl
/ˈrɛpəl/ — REP-ul
R-E-P-L
WYSIWYG ˈwɪziwɪɡ
/ˈwɪziwɪɡ/ — WIZ-ee-wig
W-Y-S-I-W-Y-G
npm ˌɛnˌpiːˈɛm
/ˌɛnˌpiːˈɛm/ — N-P-M (spell it out)
nip-em
Yarn jɑːrn
/jɑːrn/ — same as 'yarn' (thread)
Homebrew ˈhoʊmbruː
/ˈhoʊmbruː/ — HOME-brew
cURL kɜːrl
/kɜːrl/ — same as 'curl'
C-U-R-Lsee-url
wget ˈwɛɡɛt
/ˈwɛɡɛt/ or /ˈdʌbəljuː ɡɛt/ — 'W-get' or 'weh-get'
wee-get
cron krɒn
/krɒn/ — rhymes with 'don'
see-ronkrone
sudo ˈsuːduː
/suːduː/ — rhymes with 'voodoo'
pseudosue-doh
GitHub ˈɡɪthʌb
/ˈɡɪthʌb/ — GIT-hub
gith-ub
Jira ˈdʒiːrə
/ˈdʒiːrə/ — JEE-rah
jye-rahji-rah
Confluence ˈkɒnfluəns
KON-floo-ens → /ˈkɒnfluəns/
con-FLOO-ensCON-flew-ence
Notion ˈnoʊʃən
NOH-shun → /ˈnoʊʃən/
NOT-ee-onno-SHON
Asana ˈɑːsənə
AH-suh-nuh → /ˈɑːsənə/
uh-SAH-nahah-SAH-nah
Airtable ˈɛrˌteɪbəl
AIR-tay-bul → /ˈɛrˌteɪbəl/
ART-ableair-TAH-blay
Canva ˈkænvə
KAN-vuh → /ˈkænvə/
CAN-vahkan-VAH
Figma ˈfɪɡmə
/ˈfɪɡmə/ — FIG-muh
feeg-ma
Deno ˈdiːnoʊ
/ˈdiːnoʊ/ — DEE-no
den-ohdee-noh

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