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13 Glossary

class path
A list of directories or jar files (c.f.) that the Java run time library searches to find all the files it needs to run a Java application.

DocBook
A set of SGML tags for describing books, articles, and other documents, particularly technical documentation.

DTD
Document Type Definition: a language for describing XML document syntax.

GUI
Graphical User Interface.

HTML
Hypertext Markup Language. Used to build Web pages.

jar file
A file, similar to a .zip file, containing one or more other files. The jar file format is similar to the .zip file format. it is usually used to contain multiple Java class files, image files, and other information needed to bundle a Java application.

Java
(1) A computer language. (2) A nation. (3) Another name for coffee.

JDBC
A standard used by Java programs for connecting to various databases using the same interface. Sun says that JDBC does not stand for Java Database Connectivity.

LATEX
A set of macros for TEX that simplify the writing of documents. LATEX2eis a newer version of LATEX.

PDF
Adobe's Portable Document Format.

PostScript
Adobe's page description language.

SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language. A general-purpose markup language; much more complex than XML or HTML.

Swing
A set of Java classes for building GUI s.

TEX
A language for document layout.

XML
Extensible Markup Language: A format for structured documents and data.


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Jim Menard 2002-04-18