CD
In plain terms
Continuous Delivery/Deployment: automating releases.
Going deeper
CD automates getting validated changes to staging or production, so software is always releasable (delivery) or auto-released (deployment). It speeds and de-risks shipping.
Under the hood
Delivery keeps a deployable artifact ready for one-click release; deployment pushes automatically after passing gates.
Examples
Automated production deploys, release pipelines, ArgoCD, one-click releases.
Think of it like...
Like an automated shipping line that packages and sends products as soon as they pass inspection.