Java terms starting with L

25 terms

  1. LAN (Local Area Network) A network of computers that generally spans a small area, such as a single building.
  2. layout manager An object responsible for sharing the available space between multiple components within a graphical container.
  3. LCDUI (Liquid Crystal Display User Interface) LCDUI is a shorthand way of referring to the MIDP user interface APIs, contained in the javax.microedition.lcdui package.
  4. left shift operator The left shift operator (<<) is a bit manipulation operator. It moves the bits in its left operand zero or more places to the left, according to the value…
  5. lexical Pertaining to how the characters in source code are translated into tokens that the compiler can understand.
  6. lexicographic ordering The ordering of words as they would be found in a dictionary. It should be noted that different locales order similar looking words according to their own…
  7. life cycle (J2EE component) The framework events of a J2EE component's existence. Each type of component has defining events that mark its transition into states in which it has…
  8. life cycle (JavaServer Faces) A set of phases during which a request for a page is received, a UI component tree representing the page is processed, and a response is produced.
  9. LIFO (last in, first out) The (LIFO) semantics of a stack data structure. Items are removed in the opposite order to which they arrived in the stack, so newer items are always…
  10. lightweight process See thread.
  11. line feed See new line.
  12. linker A short, double-stranded oligonucleotide containing a restriction endonuclease recognition site, which is ligated to the ends of a DNA fragment.
  13. literal A string, a number, or a date which directly represents a constant value. 'XYZ123', '1234' and '6/10/57' are examples of a string literal, a numeric…
  14. little-endian A common difference between machines is the order in which they store the individual bytes of multi-byte numerical data.
  15. livelock A situation in which a thread waits to be notified of a condition but, on waking, finds that another thread has inverted the condition again.
  16. local inner class An inner class defined within a method.
  17. local subset That part of the DTD that is defined within the current XML file.
  18. local variable A variable defined inside a method body.
  19. Locale Details which are dependent upon conventions and customs adopted by a particular country or culture.
  20. logical error An error in the logical of a method or class. Such an error might not lead to an immediate runtime error, but could have a significant impact on overall…
  21. logical operators Operators, such as &&, ||, &, | and ^ that take two boolean operands and produce a boolean result.
  22. long A term signifying ownership of securities. "I am long 100 XYZ," means that the speaker owns 100 shares of XYZ.
  23. look-and-feel The visual impression and interaction style provided by a user interface. This is predominantly the responsibility of the window manager (in collaboration…
  24. loop variable A variable used to control the operation of a loop, such as a for loop. Typically, a loop variable will be given an initial value and it is then…
  25. low level programming languages Often known as `assembly languages', these provide little more than the basic instruction set of a particular Central Processing Unit.