JDBC Type 4 Driver Programmer's Reference for SQL/MX Release 3.1 (H06.23+, J06.12+)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
A hypertext document format used on the World Wide Web.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
The client-server Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) used on the World Wide Web for the exchange of HTML
documents.
I
IEC
See International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
IEEE
Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
interactive
Question-and-answer exchange between a user and a computer system.
interface
In general, the point of communication or interconnection between one person, program, or device and another, or a set of rules for that
interaction. See also
API.
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
A standardization body at the same level as ISO.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
A voluntary, nontreaty organization founded in 1946, responsible for creating international standards in many areas, including computers
and communications. Its members are the national standards organizations of 89 countries, including
ANSI.
Internet
The network of many thousands of interconnected networks that use the TCP/IP networking communications protocol. It provides e-mail,
file transfer, news, remote login, and access to thousands of databases. The Internet includes three kinds of networks:
High-speed backbone networks such as NSFNET and MILNET
Mid-level networks such as corporate and university networks
Stub networks such as individual LANs
interoperability
One of the following:
The ability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between dissimilar environments, including among systems from
multiple vendors or with multiple versions of operating systems from the same vendor. HP documents often use the term
connectivity in this context, while other vendors use connectivity to mean hardware compatibility.
Within a NonStop system node, the ability to use the features or facilities of the environment from another. For example, the gtacl
command in the OSS environment allows an interactive user to start and use a Guardian tool in the Guardian environment.
interpreter
The component of the Java VM that interprets bytecode into native machine code.
ISO
See International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
J
jar
The Java Archive tool, which combines multiple files into a single Java Archive (JAR) file. Also, the command to run the Java Archive
Tool.
JAR file
A Java Archive file, produced by the Java Archive Tool,
jar.
java
The Java interpreter, which executes Java bytecode. Also, the command to run the Java interpreter. The Java command invokes the
Java Run-Time.
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
An industry standard for database-independent connectivity between the Java platform and relational databases such as SQL/MP or
SQL/MX. JDBC provides a call-level API for SQL-based database access.
Java Development Kit (JDK)
The Java virtual machine, core libraries, and tools for Java. For example, NonStop Server for Java, based on Java™ 2 platform,
Standard Edition, SDK
1.5.0. For more information on the J2SE SDK 1.5.0, see Oracle JDK 1.5.0 Documentation