CI/CD stands for continuous integration (CI) / continuous deployment (CD). It refers to the DevOps practice of enforcing automation in every step of software delivery. Teams that practice a culture of CI/CD are proven to be more agile and able to deploy code changes more quickly than teams who do not practice a culture of CI/CD. There is also the ancillary benefit of improving software quality, as faster code delivery tends to result in smaller, less risky deployments.