Essential DevOps Glossary: Key Terms Every Practitioner Should Know

Purpose

This glossary supplies a concise English‑Chinese reference for core DevOps terminology. It is derived from the English edition of the DevOps Handbook and aligns with the Exin DOP certification exam, which uses the handbook as a primary source.

Change Log

2017‑01‑07 – Initial version published on Martin’s Blog and GitHub.

2017‑12‑27 – Additional contributors (Lu Mengchun, Liu Zheng, Zhang Le, Wang Jun, Xu Feng) added translations.

Glossary Highlights

The glossary maps each English term to its standard Chinese translation. Representative entries include:

A/B Testing – A/B测试

Blue‑Green Deployment – 蓝绿部署

Canary Release – 金丝雀发布

Continuous Integration (CI) – 持续集成

Continuous Delivery (CD) – 持续交付

Infrastructure as Code – 基础设施即代码

Micro‑services – 微服务

Kanban – 看板

Lean – 精益

Scrum – Scrum

Technical Debt – 技术债务

Version Control – 版本控制

All terms are presented in a two‑column table (English ↔ Chinese) in the source file.

Contribution Instructions

To improve or extend the glossary, clone the repository https://github.com/DevOps-Handbook/DevOps-Handbook.github.io and edit the file glossary.md. Changes can be submitted via a pull request or directly through the GitHub web UI for small edits. When updating translations, retain the original entry (e.g., strike‑through the old Chinese text) and add the revised translation beside it.