{"id":98438,"date":"2024-05-27T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/glossary\/devops\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:10:38","slug":"devops","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossary\/devops\/","title":{"rendered":"DevOps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"98438\" class=\"elementor elementor-98438 elementor-48655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"glossary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44919188 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44919188\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7f4e25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f7f4e25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b831ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41b831ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d72d8ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d72d8ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68686f5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68686f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is DevOps?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f8b52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5f8b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DevOps is composed of the terms &#8220;Dev&#8221; (Development) and &#8220;Ops&#8221; (Operations). 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