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Abbreviations and Acronyms

This appendix lists some of the most common acronyms that you will find in the areas of networks, distributed object development, and Java. In cases where an acronym refers to a product or a concept that is associated with a specific group, company or product, the group, company, or product is indicated in brackets following the acronym expansion. For example: CORBA ... [OMG].

This acronym list is intended as a helpful guide only. There are no guarantees that it is complete or even completely accurate.

3GL | third generation language
4GL | fourth generation language
ACID | atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
ACL | access control list
ADT | abstract datatype
AFC | application foundation classes [Microsoft]
ANSI | American National Standards Institute
API | application program interface
AQ | advanced queuing [Oracle8]
ASCII | American standard code for information interchange
ASP | active server pages [Microsoft] application service provider
AWT | abstract windowing toolkit [Java]
BDK | beans developer kit [Java]
BLOB | binary large object
BOA | basic object adapter [CORBA]
BSD | Berkeley system distribution [UNIX]
C/S | client/server
CGI | common gateway interface
CICS | customer information control system [IBM]
CLI | call level interface [SAG]
CLOB | character large object
COM | common object model [Microsoft]
COM+ | common object model, extended [Microsoft]
CORBA | common object request broker architecture [OMG]
DB | database
DBA | database administrator, database administration
DBMS | database management system
DCE | distributed computing environment [OSF]
DCOM | distributed common object model [Microsoft]
DDCF | distributed document component facility
DDE | dynamic data exchange [Microsoft]
DDL | data definition language [SQL]
DLL | dynamic link library [Microsoft]
DLM | distributed lock manager [Oracle8]
DML | data manipulation language [SQL]
DOS | disk operating system
DSOM | distributed system object model [IBM]
DSS | decision support system
DTP | distributed transaction processing
EBCDIC | extended binary-coded decimal interchange code [IBM]
EJB | Enterprise JavaBean
ERP | enterprise resource planning
ESIOP | environment-specific inter-orb protocol
FTP | file transfer protocol
GB | gigabyte
GIF | graphics interchange format
GIOP | general inter-orb protocol
GUI | graphical user interface
GUID | globally-unique identifier
HTML | hypertext markup language
HTTP | hypertext transfer protocol
IDE | integrated development environment interactive development environment
IDL | interface definition language
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IIOP | internet inter-ORB protocol
IIS | Internet information server [Microsoft]
IP | internet protocol
IPC | interprocess communication
IS | information services
ISAM | indexed sequential access method
ISAPI | Internet server API [Microsoft]
ISO | international standards organization (translation)
ISP | internet service provider
ISQL | interactive SQL [Interbase]
ISV | independent software vendor
IT | information technology
J2EE | Java 2 Enterprise Edition [Sun]
JAR | Java archive (on analogy with tar, q.v.)
JCK | Java compatibility kit [Sun]
JDBC | "Java database connectivity"
JDK | Java developer kit
JFC | Java foundation classes
JIT | just in time
JLS | Java language specification
JMF | Java media framework
JMS | Java messaging service
JNDI | Java naming and directory interface
JNI | Java native interface
JOB | Java Objects for Business [Sun]
JPEG | joint photographic experts group
JRMP | Java remote ??message protocol
JSP | Java server pages [Sun] (sometimes used for Java Stored Procedure [Oracle])
JTA | Java transaction API
JTS | Java transaction service
JWS | Java Web Server [Sun]
KB | kilobyte
LAN | local area network
LDAP | lightweight directory access protocol
LDIF | LDPA data interchange format
LOB | large object
MB | megabyte
MIME | multipurpose Internet mail extensions
MIS | management information services
MOM | message-oriented middleware
MPEG | motion picture experts group
MTS | multi-threaded server [Oracle]
MTS | Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft]
NCLOB | national character large object
NIC | network information center [internet]
NNTP | net news transfer protocol
NSAPI | Netscape server application programming interface
NSP | network service provider
NT | New Technology [Microsoft]
OCI | Oracle call interface
OCX | OLE common control [Microsoft]
ODBC | open database connectivity [Microsoft]
ODBMS | object database management system
ODL | object definition language [Microsoft]
ODMG | Object Database Management Group
OEM | original equipment manufacturer
OID | object identifier
OLE | object linking and embedding
OLTP | on line transaction processing
OMA | object management architecture [OMG]
OMG | Object Management Group
OO | object-oriented, object orientation
OODBMS | object-oriented database management system
OQL | object query language
ORB | object request broker
ORDBMS | object-relational database management system
OS | operating system
OSF | Open System Foundation
OSI | open systems interconnect
OSQL | object SQL
OTM | object transaction monitor
OTS | object transaction service
OWS | Oracle Web Server
PB | petabyte
PDF | portable document format [Adobe]
PGP | pretty good privacy
PL/SQL | procedural language/SQL [Oracle]
POA | portable object adapter [CORBA]
RAM | random access memory
RAS | remote access service [Microsoft]
RCS | revision control system
RDBMS | relational database management system
RFC | request for comments
RFP | request for proposal
RMI | remote method invocation [Sun]
ROM | read only memory
RPC | remote procedure call
RTF | rich text file
SAF | server application function [Netscape]
SAG | SQL Access Group
SCSI | small computer system interface
SDK | software developer kit
SET | secure electronic transaction
SGML | standard generalized markup language
SID | system identifier [Oracle]
SLAPD | standalone LDAP daemon
SMP | symmetric multiprocessing
SMTP | simple mail transfer protocol
SPI | service provider interface
SQL | structured query language
SQLJ | SQL for Java
SRAM | static (or synchronous) random access memory
SSL | secure socket layer
TB | terabyte
TCPS | TCP for SSL
TCP/IP | transmission control protocol/internet protocol
TP | transaction processing
TPC | Transaction Processing Council
TPCW | TPC web benchmark
TPF | transaction processing facility
TPM | transaction processing monitor
UCS | universal character set [ISO 10646]
UDP | user datagram protocol
UI | user interface
UML | unified modeling language [Rational]
URI | uniform resource identifier
URL | universal resource locator
URN | universal resource name
VAR | value-added reseller
VB | Visual Basic [Microsoft]
VRML | virtual reality modeling language
WAI | web application interface [Netscape]
WAN | wide area network
WIPS | web interactions per second [TPCW]
WWW | world wide web
XA | extended architecture [X/Open]
XML | extended markup language
jdb | Java debugger [Sun]
tar | tape archive, tape archiver [UNIX]
tps | transactions per second

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