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Programming terms

601. Java 2 SDK A particular implementation of the abstract functionality described in Sun's specification of the Java 2 Platform.
602. Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition The Software Development Kit (SDK) is development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.
603. Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) An API for processing XML documents. JAXP leverages the parser standards SAX and DOM so that you can choose to parse your data as a stream of events or to…
604. Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) An API for accessing various kinds of XML registries.
605. Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) An API for building Web services and clients that use remote procedure calls and XML.
606. Java APIs for Integrated Networks (JAIN) enables the rapid development of Next Generation telecom products and services on the Java platform.
607. Java Card The Java Card specification allows Java technology to run on smart cards and other small devices.
608. Java Card API An ISO 7816-4 compliant application environment focused on smart cards.
609. Java Compatibility Kit (JCK) A test suite, a set of tools, and other requirements used to certify a Java platform implementation conformant both to the applicable Java platform…
610. Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) An industry standard for database-independent connectivity between the Java platform and a wide range of databases.
611. Java Development Kit (JDK) A software development environment for writing applets and applications in the Java programming language.
612. Java Foundation Classes (JFC) An extension that adds graphical user interface class libraries to the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT).
613. Java IDL A technology that provides CORBA interoperability and connectivity capabilities for the J2EE platform.
614. Java Interface Definition Language (IDL) A set of Java APIs that provide CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) interoperability and connectivity capabilities for the J2EE platform.
615. Java ME (Java Micro Edition) Java 2, Micro Edition is a group of specifications and technologies that pertain to Java on small devices.
616. Java ME WTK The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit is a set of tools that provides developers with an emulation environment, documentation and examples for developing Java…
617. Java Media APIs A set of APIs that support the integration of audio and video clips, 2D fonts, graphics, and images as well as 3D models and telephony.
618. Java Media Framework The core framework supports clocks for synchronizing between different media (e.g., audio and video output).
619. Java Message Service (JMS) An API for invoking operations on enterprise messaging systems.
620. Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) An API that provides naming and directory functionality.
621. Java Native Interface A standard programming interface for writing Java native methods and embedding the JVM into native applications.
622. Java Platform Consists of class libraries, a Java virtual machine (JVM) and class loader (which comprise the runtime environment) and a compiler, debugger and other…
623. Java Platform Editions A Java platform "edition" is a definitive and agreed-upon version of the Java platform that provides the functionality needed over a broad market segment.
624. Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) A distributed object model for Java program to Java program, in which the methods of remote objects written in the Java programming language can be…
625. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) A subset of the Java Development Kit (JDK) for end-users and developers who want to redistribute the runtime environment alone.
626. Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) A set of packages that enable secure Internet communications.
627. Java Transaction API (JTA) An API that allows applications and J2EE servers to access transactions.
628. Java Transaction Service (JTS) Specifies the implementation of a transaction manager that supports JTA and implements the Java mapping of the Object Management Group Object Transaction…
629. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) The Java Runtime under which OGSI modules run.
630. Java virtual machine¹ A software "execution engine" that safely and compatibly executes the byte codes in Java class files on a microprocessor (whether in a computer or in…
631. JavaBeans A portable, platform-independent reusable component model. A component that conforms to this model is called a bean.
632. JavaBeans component A Java class that can be manipulated by tools and composed into applications. A JavaBeans component must adhere to certain property and event interface…
633. JavaCheck A tool for checking compliance of applications and applets to a specification.
634. JavaHQ JavaHQ is the Java platform control center on your Palm OS device.
635. JavaMail An API for sending and receiving email.
636. JavaSafe A tool for tracking and managing source file changes, written in Java.
637. JavaScript A Web scripting language that is used in both browsers and Web servers. Like all scripting languages, it is used primarily to tie other components…
638. JavaServer Faces conversion model A mechanism for converting between string-based markup generated by JavaServer Faces UI components and server-side Java objects.
639. JavaServer Faces event and listener model A mechanism for determining how events emitted by JavaServer Faces UI components are handled.
640. JavaServer Faces expression language A simple expression language used by a JavaServer Faces UI component tag attributes to bind the associated component to a bean property or to bind the…
641. JavaServer Faces navigation model A mechanism for defining the sequence in which pages in a JavaServer Faces application are displayed.
642. JavaServer Faces Technology A framework for building server-side user interfaces for Web applications written in the Java programming language.
643. JavaServer Faces UI component A user interface control that outputs data to a client or allows a user to input data to a JavaServer Faces application.
644. JavaServer Faces UI component class A JavaServer Faces class that defines the behavior and properties of a JavaServer Faces UI component.
645. JavaServer Faces validation model A mechanism for validating the data a user inputs to a JavaServer Faces UI component.
646. JavaServer Pages (JSP) An extensible Web technology that uses static data, JSP elements, and server-side Java objects to generate dynamic content for a client.
647. JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) A tag library that encapsulates core functionality common to many JSP applications.
648. JavaSpaces A technology that provides distributed persistence and data exchange mechanisms for code in Java.
649. JAXR client A client program that uses the JAXR API to access a business registry via a JAXR provider.
650. JAXR provider An implementation of the JAXR API that provides access to a specific registry provider or to a class of registry providers that are based on a common…
651. JCP (Java Community Process) The Java Community Process (JCP) an open organization of international Java developers and licensees who develop and revise Java technology…
652. JDBC An API for database-independent connectivity between the J2EE platform and a wide range of data sources.
653. JDBC for CDC/FP The JDBC Optional Package for CDC/Foundation Profile (JDBCOP for CDC/FP) is an API that enables mobile Java applications to communicate with relational…
654. JDK Java Development Kit. A software development environment for writing applets and application in Java .
655. JFC See Java Foundation Classes.
656. Jini Technology A set of Java APIs that may be incorporated an optional package for any Java 2 Platform Edition.
657. JMS Jukebox Management Software.
658. JMS administered object A preconfigured JMS object (a resource manager connection factory or a destination) created by an administrator for the use of JMS clients and placed in a…
659. JMS application One or more JMS clients that exchange messages.
660. JMS client A Java language program that sends or receives messages.
661. JMS provider A messaging system that implements the Java Message Service as well as other administrative and control functionality needed in a full-featured messaging…
662. JMS session A single-threaded context for sending and receiving JMS messages. A JMS session can be nontransacted, locally transacted, or participating in a…
663. JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API are used to access a central transient container registry.
664. JNI See Java Native Interface.
665. JRE See Java Runtime Environment
666. JSP See JavaServer Pages.
667. JSP action A JSP element that can act on implicit objects and other server-side objects or can define new scripting variables.
668. JSP container A container that provides the same services as a servlet container and an engine that interprets and processes JSP pages into a servlet.
669. JSP container, distributed A JSP container that can run a Web application that is tagged as distributable and is spread across multiple Java virtual machines that might be running…
670. JSP custom action A user-defined action described in a portable manner by a tag library descriptor and imported into a JSP page by a taglib directive.
671. JSP custom tag A tag that references a JSP custom action.
672. JSP declaration A JSP scripting element that declares methods, variables, or both in a JSP page.
673. JSP directive A JSP element that gives an instruction to the JSP container and is interpreted at translation time.
674. JSP document A JSP page written in XML syntax and subject to the constraints of XML documents.
675. JSP element A portion of a JSP page that is recognized by a JSP translator. An element can be a directive, an action, or a scripting element.
676. JSP expression A scripting element that contains a valid scripting language expression that is evaluated, converted to a String, and placed into the implicit out object.
677. JSP expression language A language used to write expressions that access the properties of JavaBeans components.
678. JSP page A text-based document containing static text and JSP elements that describes how to process a request to create a response.
679. JSP scripting element A JSP declaration, scriptlet, or expression whose syntax is defined by the JSP specification and whose content is written according to the scripting…
680. JSP scriptlet A JSP scripting element containing any code fragment that is valid in the scripting language used in the JSP page.
681. JSP standard action An action that is defined in the JSP specification and is always available to a JSP page.
682. JSP tag file A source file containing a reusable fragment of JSP code that is translated into a tag handler when a JSP page is translated into a servlet.
683. JSP tag handler A Java programming language object that implements the behavior of a custom tag.
684. JSP tag library A collection of custom tags described via a tag library descriptor and Java classes.
685. JSR (Java Specification Request) Java Specification Request (JSR) is the actual description of proposed and final specifications for the Java platform.
686. JSTL See JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library.
687. JTA Joint Technical Architecture (JCS term).
688. JTS See Java Transaction Service.
689. Just-in-time (JIT) Compiler A compiler that converts all of the bytecode into native machine code just as a Java program is run.
690. JVM See Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
691. key A block, often used in a series, which projects beyond the edge of the enframement of an opening and is joined with the surrounding masonry.
692. key value The object used to generate an associated hash code for lookup in an associative data structure.
693. keystore A file containing the keys and certificates used for authentication.
694. Keyword Java sets aside words as keywords - these words are reserved by the language itself and therefore are not available as names for variables or methods.
695. KittyHawk KittyHawk is a set of APIs used by LG Telecom on its IBook and p520 devices. KittyHawk is based on CLDC.
696. KJava KJava is an outdated term for Java ME. It comes from an early package of Java software for PalmOS, released at the 2000 JavaOne show.
697. kSOAP kSOAP is a SOAP API suitable for the Java ME, based on kXML.
698. KVM (Kilobyte Virtual Machine) The KVM is a compact Java virtual machine (JVM) that is designed for small devices. It supports a subset of the features of the JVM.
699. kXML The kXML project provides a small footprint XML parser that can be used with Java ME.
700. label The FDA approved label is the official description of a drug product which includes indication (what the drug is used for); who should take it; adverse…