Dictionary term
GitHub
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A cloud platform for hosting Git repositories, collaborating on code, and triggering deployments.
In plain English
A website that stores your project's code and its full history online, where teams review changes and trigger deployments.
Analogy
Like a library that stores all your project's code online with full history.
Why it matters
It's where your code lives and what deployment pipelines watch, so a push to GitHub can auto-ship your app.
In practice
You push a change to GitHub and Vercel automatically deploys the new version.
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