We all love the Acronyms of today. And of course in the digital development world, shorter seems to be always better.

The Term Also Known as a Content Management System.

The term CMS is usually associated with a website development structure called a Content Management System AKA a CMS.

The well associated definition of a CMS in technical terms is:

” A CMS is usually a web based application that provides capabilities for multiple users with select permission levels to manage all aspects of creating content, data or information of a website project for a  internet or intranet application.  Managing content refers to creating, archiving, editing, collaborating, publishing. reporting, distributing  or releasing website content, data and information in an organized fashion”

The Layman Terms for CMS:

A program that enables you to easily publish a website or web based content for others to see. Also gives you the ability to organize it in one place in a templated fashion so that you don’t have to make manual web pages from scratch for every last bit of content you want on your site.

The CMS has given web developers the ability to create immense websites in smaller amounts of time over the years. Almost any website at this point is created and updated using a CMS.

There are many popular CMS’s for different needs and business models. One of the current online development CMS is the WordPress Blogging and CMS platform.

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