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- 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