Java terms starting with B

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  1. B2B Business-to-business.
  2. backing bean A JavaBeans component that corresponds to a JSP page that includes JavaServer Faces components.
  3. base case A non-recursive route through a recursive method.
  4. base type The type of items which may be stored in an array - the array's defined type. For instance, in int[] numbers; the base type of numbers is int.
  5. Basic authentication Authentication protocol supported by most Web servers and browsers. Transmits the user name and password in clear text.
  6. bean A reusable software component that conforms to certain design and naming conventions.
  7. bean-managed persistence The mechanism whereby data transfer between an entity bean's variables and a resource manager is managed by the entity bean.
  8. bean-managed transaction A transaction whose boundaries are defined by an enterprise bean.
  9. Behavior Reaction of an animal to its environment.
  10. big-endian A common difference between machines is the order in which they store the individual bytes of multi-byte numerical data.
  11. binary Mathematical base 2, or numbers composed of a series of zeros and ones. Since zero's and one's can be easily represented by two voltage levels on an…
  12. binary entity See unparsed entity.
  13. binary operator An operator taking two operands. Java has many binary operators, such as the arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %, and the boolean operators &&, || and…
  14. binary search A search of sorted data, in which the middle position is examined first. Search continues with either the left or the right portion of the data, thus…
  15. binding (JavaServer Faces technology) Wiring UI components to back-end data sources such as backing bean properties.
  16. binding (XML) Generating the code needed to process a well-defined portion of XML data.
  17. Bit A bit ( B inary dig IT ) is the smallest unit of computer data. A bit consists of either 0 or 1. There are eight bits in a byte.
  18. bit manipulation operator Operators, such as &, | and ^, that are used to examine an manipulate individual bits within the bytes of a data item.
  19. bitwise operator An operator that manipulates the bits of one or more of its operands individually and in parallel.
  20. blank final variable A final variable that is not initialized as part of its declaration. Such a variable must be initialized in either an instance initialization block or all…
  21. block A repetition/replication of the Early, Mid and Late Seral Treatment plots and a Control plot. See Repetition/replication.
  22. bookmark A link to a Web site or page previously visited.
  23. Boolean Boolean logic (named for the British-born Irish mathematician George Boole) is way to express relationships in logic arguments using the following three…
  24. Boolean expression A type of expression that reduces to a true or false (logical) condition. A Boolean expression contains logical expressions (e.g.
  25. Boot To start up or reset a computer.
  26. bootstrap classes Classes that make up the Java Platform Core Application Programming Interface (API), such as those found in the java.lang, java.io and java.io packages.
  27. boundary error Errors that arise from programming mistakes made at the edges of a problem - indexing off the edge of an array, dealing with no items of data, loop…
  28. bounded repetition Repetition where the statements within a loop's body are performed a fixed number of times and the number of times is established when the loop is started.
  29. bounds The limits of an array or collection. In Java, the lower limit is always zero. In the case of an array, the upper bound is one less than then length of…
  30. branch instruction Stores a new instruction address into the program counter. The effect of this is the next instruction to be fetched will not usually be the one…
  31. break Distinct variation in otherwise constant stretches of cover, structure, or bottom type. Basically anything that "breaks up" the underwater terrain.
  32. break statement A statement used to break out of a loop, switch statement or labeled block. In all cases, control continues with the statement immediately following the…
  33. bridging method A method that provides a bridge between the methods of a class's public interface and its private implementation.
  34. build file The XML file that contains one or more asant targets. A target is a set of tasks you want to be executed.
  35. business logic The code that implements the functionality of an application. In the Enterprise JavaBeans architecture, this logic is implemented by the methods of an…
  36. business method A method of an enterprise bean that implements the business logic or rules of an application.
  37. byte Eight bits. A byte is a collection of bits used by computers to represent a character (i.e., "a", "1", or "&").
  38. bytecode Java source files are translated by a compiler into bytecodes - the instruction set of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Bytecodes are stored in .