Salesforce Developer Glossary

Reference & Cheat SheetsSalesforce Developer GlossaryAn A to Z reference of more than 200 Salesforce terms and acronyms a developer meets every day: platform, data, security, Apex, LWC, the clouds, Data 360, Agentforce, APIs, DevOps and licensing. Each entry has a short definition and a link to the lesson that covers it in depth.Beginner · about 40 minutesWhat you will learn

Look up the meaning of a Salesforce term or acronym and jump to the lesson that teaches it

Expand common acronyms such as OWD, FLS, LDS, LMS, LWS, CDC, DMO, DLO, ECA, SLAS and SCAPI without guessing

Tell current product names from retired or renamed ones (Data Cloud to Data 360, topics to subagents, Connected Apps to External Client Apps)

Distinguish terms that sound alike but mean different things, such as DLO vs DMO, profile vs permission set, and LWR vs LWS

Use precise vocabulary in design documents, code reviews and certification exams

Contents

How to use this glossary

Terms A to Z

Acronym quick index

Renamed and retired names

Hands-on exercises

Key takeaways