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A program or group of programs designed for end
users. Software can be divided into two general
classes: systems software and applications
software. Systems software consists of low-level
programs that interact with the computer at a very
basic level. This includes operating systems, compilers,
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ASP
1. A specification for a dynamically created Web
page with a .ASP extension that utilizes
ActiveX scripting -- usually VB Script or Jscript
code. When a browser requests an ASP page, the Web
server generates a page with HTML code and sends
it back to the browser. So ASP pages are similar
to CGI scripts, but they enable Visual Basic programmers
to work with familiar tools.
2. ASP also stands for Application Service Provider
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| Cold
Fu·sion
A product created by Allaire Corporation of Cambridge,
Mass. that includes a server
and a development toolset designed to integrate
databases and Web pages. With Cold Fusion, a user
could enter a zip code on a Web page, and the server
would query a database for information on the nearest
movie theaters and present the results in HTML form.
Cold Fusion Web pages include tags written in Cold
Fusion Markup Language (CFML) that simplify integration
with databases and avoid the use of more complex
languages like C++ to create translating programs.
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da·ta·base
A collection of information organized in such a
way that a computer program can quickly select desired
pieces of data. You can think of a database as an
electronic filing system.
B Traditional databases are organized by fields,
records, and files. A field is a single
piece of information; a record is one complete set
of fields; and a file is a collection of records.
For example, a telephone book is analogous to a
file. It contains a list of records, each of which
consists of three fields: name, address, and telephone
number. |
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| e-commerce
Conducting business on-line.
This includes, for example, buying and selling products
with digital cash and via Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI). |
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min·ing
Group of data. For example, data mining software
can help retail companies find customers with common
interests. The term is commonly misused to describe
software that presents data in new ways. True data
mining software doesn't just change the presentation,
but actually discovers previously unknown relationships
among the data. |
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do·main
A group of computers and devices on a network that
are administered as a unit with common rules and
procedures. Within the Internet, domains are defined
by the IP address. All devices sharing a
common part of the IP address are said to be in
the same domain.
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| dy·nam·ic
Refers to actions that take place at the moment
they are needed rather than in advance. For example,
many programs
perform dynamic memory allocation, which
means that they do not reserve memory ahead of time,
but seize sections of memory when needed. In general,
such programs require less memory, although they
may run a little more slowly. |
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Flash
A bandwidth
friendly and browser independent vector-graphic
animation technology. As long as different browsers
are equipped with the necessary plug-ins, Flash
animations will look the same.
With Flash, users can draw their own animations
or import other vector-based images. Flash animation
can only be created using the Flash animation
application from Macromedia Inc.
Flash was known as FutureSplash until 1997, when
Macromedia Inc. bought the company that
developed it.
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html
Short for HyperText Markup
Language, the authoring language
used to create documents on the World Wide Web.
HTML is similar to SGML, although it is not a strict
subset.
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| map
A file
showing the structure of a program after it has
been compiled. The map file lists every variable
in the program along with its memory address. This
information is useful for debugging purposes. Normally
a compiler will not produce a map file unless you
explicitly ask for it by specifying the appropriate
compiler option. |
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| PDA
Short for personal digital assistant, a handheld
device
that combines computing, telephone/fax, and networking
features. A typical PDA can function as a cellular
phone, fax sender, and personal organizer. Unlike
portable computers, most PDAs are pen-based, using
a stylus rather than a keyboard for input. This
means that they also incorporate handwriting recognition
features. Some PDAs can also react to voice input
by using voice recognition technologies
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QTVR
An enhanced version of the QuickTime
standard developed by Apple for displaying multimedia
content (animation, audio, and video) on computers.
This enhanced version adds the ability to display
and rotate objects in three dimensions. A QuickTime
VR plug-in is available for most Web browsers.
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Shockwave
A technology developed by Macromedia, Inc. that
enables Web
pages to include multimedia objects. To create
a shockwave object, you use Macromedia's multimedia
authoring tool called Director, and then
compress the object with a program called Afterburner.
You then insert a reference to the "shocked"
file in your Web page. To see a Shockwave object,
you need the Shockwave plug-in, a program that
integrates seamlessly with your Web browser. The
plug-in is freely available from Macromedia's
Web site as either a Netscape Navigator plug-in
or an ActiveX control.
Shockwave
supports audio, animation, video and even processes
user actions such as mouse clicks. It runs on
all Windows platforms as well as the Macintosh.
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The
Wire·less
Ap·pli·ca·tion
Pro·to·col
is a secure specification that allows users to
access information instantly via handheld wireless
devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way
radios, smartphones and communicators.
WAP supports most
wireless networks. These include CDPD, CDMA, GSM,
PDC, PHS, TDMA, FLEX, ReFLEX, iDEN, TETRA, DECT,
DataTAC, and Mobitex.
WAP is supported
by all operating
systems. Ones specifically engineered for handheld
devices include PalmOS, EPOC, Windows CE, FLEXOS,
OS/9, and JavaOS.
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| wire·less
adj : having no wires; "a wireless security system"
[ant: wired]
n 1: medium for communication [syn: radio, radiocommunication]
2: transmission by radio waves 3: an electronic
device that detects and demodulates and amplifies
transmitted signals [syn: radio receiver, receiving
set, radio set, radio, tuner] 4: a communication
system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
[syn: radio] |
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