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Build

In the programming world, a build means to take source code and compile it into something that is packaged and/or runnable. In Java, this process creates the byte-code that will be interpreted by the JRE.


Build Breaker

AKA Quality Gate. This is a process by which we prevent code that doesn’t meet the team’s standards from being released. If a quality gate is part of the automated build, then the build will be marked as failed if the quality gate is not satisfied.


byte (Java)

A primitive data type that stores integer values, where -128 <= value <= 127