Glossary

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Symbols

A

• Ant - Java oriented build tool
• API - Application Program Interface.
• Array
• ArrayList - A List with performance characteristics similar to an Array.
• Assertions - Used to verify an assumption or a statement of what will be true.
• AWT - Abstract Window Toolkit.

B

• BMP - Bean Managed Persistence
• boolean - The Java primitive representing true or false .
• Boolean - The Java Object representing a [[boolean primitive.
• byte - The Java primitive representing an 8 bit signed integer.
• Byte - The Java Object representing a byte primitive.

C

• char - The Java primitive representing a two byte Unicode character.
• Character - The Java Object representing a char primitive.
• ClassLoader
• CMP - Container Managed Persistence
• Code Names - The internal code names for versions of J2SE.
• Collection - The base class of the Collection hierarchy.
• Collections - A utility class with methods to perform common operations on the JavaCollectionsFramework.
• Contention - The unavailability of a resource because of it's use by another Thread .

D

• double - The Java primitive representing a double precision floating point number.
• Double - The Java Object representing a double primitive.

E

• EAR- Enterprise ARchive.
• EJB - Enterprise Java Bean.

F

• float - The Java primitive representing a floating point number.
• Float - The Java Object representing a float primitive.

G

H

• HashCode - A reasonablly unique number based on the state of this Object.
• HotSpot - Sun's JIT.
• HTML - HyperText Markup Language.

I

• I18N - See Internationalization.
• IDL - Interface Definition Language.
• int - The Java primitive representing a signed 32 bit integer.
• Integer - The Java Object representing a int primitive.
• Internationalization - the abstraction of local details.
• IIOP - Internet Inter-Orb Protocol.

J

• J2ME - Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition.
• J2SE - Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
• J2EE - Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
• J3D - Java 3D.
• JAAS - Java Authentication and Authorization Service.
• JAR - Java ARchive
• Java
• Java Collections Framework
• Java Network Launching Protocol - the specification behind Java Web Start.
• Java Runtime Environment
• JavaServlet
• Java Virtual Machine
• Java Web Start - A technology for simplifying deployment of Java applications.
• JAXB - Java Architecture for XML Binding
• JAXM - Java API for XML-based messaging
• JAXR - Java API for XML Registries
• JAX-RPC - Java API for XML-Based RPC
• Just In Time Compiler
• JCE - Java Cryptography Extension.
• JDB - Java Debugger.
• JDBC - Java DataBase Connectivity.
• JDK - See Java Development Kit .
• JDO - Java Data Objects.
• JIT - See Just In Time Compiler .
• JMF - Java Media Framework
• JMS - Java Message Service.
• JMX - Java Management Extensions
• JNDI - Java Naming and Directory Interface.
• JNI - Java Native Interface.
• JNLP - See Java Network Launching Protocol.
• JRE - See Java Runtime Environment.
• JSP - JavaServer Page.
• JSSE - Java Secure Socket Extension
• JSTL - JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library
• JTS - Java Transaction Service
• JVM - See Java Virtual Machine.

K

L

• L10N - See Localization.
• LayoutManager
• List - Part of the Java Collections Framework used to implement a sequence of objects.
• Localization - The specification of local details.
• long - The Java primitive representing a signed 64 bit integer.
• Long - The Java Object representing a long primitive.

M

• MAJC - Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing.
• MRJ - Mac OS Runtime for Java
• MVC - Model View Controller

N

• NIO - New I/O

O

• Object - The root of the Java class hierarchy.
• OrderOfMagnitude

P

• PrematureOptimization - "The root of all evil."
• Primitive - Non-Object datatypes in Java like int or float.

Q

R

• RMI - Remote Method Invocation
• RPC - Remote Procedure Call

S

• SAAJ - Soap with Attachments API for Java.
• SDK - Software Development Kit.
• short - The Java primitive representing a 16 bit signed integer.
• Short - The Java Object representing a short primitive.
• SQLJ - Embed SQL into Java source code.
• String - A sequence of characters used to represent text.
• StringBuffer - A mutable sequence of characters.
• SWT - Standard Widget Toolkit
• Synchronization - Serialization of access to a shared resource.

T

• Thread

• ThreadLocal
• Thread Safe - Deterministic behavior in a multi-threaded environment.

U

• UML - Unified Modeling Language.

V

• Vector - Predecessor to the ArrayList.

W

• WAR - Web ARchive.
• WiKi - WiKi is an abbreviation for "What I Know Is". It is a concept that is widely used in collaborative networks, essentially making the anarchism of the Web that really helps in several ways. For example, I could put this definition because this is a Wiki.
• WSDL - Web Service Description Language

X

• XHTML - eXtensible HTML.
• XML - eXtensible Markup Language.
• XMPP

Y

Z

• Zip