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

system servers provide transaction processing, database access, and other services.
A process or program that provides services to a client. Servers are designed to
receive request messages from clients; perform the desired operations, such as
database inquiries or updates, security verifications, numerical calculations, or data
routing to other computer systems; and return reply messages to the clients.
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servlet
A server-side Java program that any World Wide Web browser can access. It inherits
scalability and persistence from the Pathway CGI server that manages it.
The Java class named servlets executes in server environments such as World Wide
Web servers. The Servlet API is defined in a draft standard by Sun Microsystems. The
servlets class is not in the Core Packages for the SDK.
shell
The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system; the part of the
operating system that is an interface to the outside world.
SIP
See Scalable TCP/IP (SIP).
skeleton
In RMI, the complement of the stub. Together, skeletons and stubs form the interface
between the RMI services and the code that calls and implements remote objects.
socket
A logical connection between two application programs across a TCP/IP network.
software development kit (SDK)
A programming package that enables a programmer to develop applications for a specific
platform. Typically an SDK includes one or more APIs, programming tools, and
documentation. For example, the Java virtual machine, core libraries, and tools for Java
as defined by the Java 2 platform, Standard Edition, SDK 1.4.1 For more information on
the SDK, see the Sun Microsystems SDK 1.4.1 Documentation.
SQLJ
Also referred to SQLJ Part 0 the "Database Language SQL—Part 10: Object Language
Bindings (SQL/OLB) part of the ANSI SQL-2002 standard that allows static SQL
statements to be embedded directly in a Java program.
SQL/MP
See HP NonStop SQL/MP.
SQL/MX
See HP NonStop SQL/MX.
Standard Extension API
An API outside the Core Packages for which Sun Microsystems, Inc. has defined and