NonStop Server for Java Programmer's Reference (NSJ 4.2+)

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Glossary
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abstract class
In Java, a class designed only as a parent from which subclasses can be derived, which is
not itself suitable for instantiation. An abstract class is often used to "abstract out"
incomplete sets of features, which can then be shared by a group of sibling subclasses
that add different variations of the missing pieces.
Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)
The package that implements graphical user interfaces for Java. For more information,
see the Sun Microsystems AWT Home Page (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2
/docs/guide/awt/index.html).
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
The predominant character set encoding of present-day computers. ASCII uses 7 bits for
each character. It does not include accented letters or any other letter forms not used in
English (such as the German sharp-S or the Norwegian ae-ligature). Compare to Unicode.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
The United States government body responsible for approving US standards in many
areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. ANSI sells
ANSI and ISO (international) standards.
ANSI
See American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
API
See application program interface (API).
application program
One of the following:
A software program written for or by a user for a specific purpose❍
A computer program that performs a data processing function rather than a control
function
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application program interface (API)