Explain it to me like I'm new
Deployment is the moment your project stops living on your machine and starts living on the internet where other people can reach it.
Think of it like
Opening the shop. The stock was always there; now the door is unlocked.
What actually happens
Your code is built into an optimised bundle, uploaded to a host, and served from a URL — usually behind a build step that can fail loudly.
code → build → host → public URL
Where I encountered it
Every time I have published a version of this site.
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