NonStop Server for Java Programmer's Reference (NSJ 4.0+)

A set of functions or procedures that are called by an application program to
communicate with other software components.
ASCII
See American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
AWT
See Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT).
B
BDK
See JavaBeans Development Kit (BDK).
branded
A Java virtual machine that Sun Microsystems, Inc. has certified as conformant.
browser
A program that allows you to read hypertext. The browser gives some means of viewing
the contents of nodes and of navigating from one node to another. Internet Explorer,
Netscape Navigator, NCSA Mosaic, Lynx, and W3 are examples for browsers for the
WWW. They act as clients to remote servers.
bytecode
The code that javac, the Java compiler, produces. When the Java Hotspot virtual
machine launches an application, it uses a standard interpreter, but then analyzes the code
and makes dynamic changes to improve performance.
C
C language
A widely used, general-purpose programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie of
Bell Labs in the late 1960s. C is the primary language used to develop programs in UNIX
environments.
C++ language
A derivative of the C language that has been adapted for use in developing
object-oriented programs.
CGI
See Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
class path
The location where a Java virtual machine and other Java programs that are located in the
/usr/tandem/java/bin directory search for class libraries (such as classes.zip).