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Database applications

Software that facilitates communication between a human user and a database.

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Database applications

Content-delivery network (CDN)

Software; Database applications

A network specialising in the delivery of streaming audio and video.

Uniform resource locator (URL)

Software; Database applications

Text, beginning with the particular protocol to be used to transmit the contents of the address, used to identify and address a Web site.

Object

Software; Database applications

The principal building blocks of object-oriented programs. Each object is a programming unit consisting of data (instance variables) and functionality (instance methods).

Cookie

Software; Database applications

On the internet, a piece of information sent by a Web server and saved on the client’s hard disc for future use whenever making additional requests from that server. Typically, a cookie records user ...

Universal description discovery and integration (UDDI)

Software; Database applications

A specification describing a network of information repositories on Web services and how to build such a repository.

Object management group (OMG)

Software; Database applications

A consortium with the goal to provide a common framework for developing applications using object-oriented programming techniques.

Corporate data model

Software; Database applications

A model of the business needs and data requirements for an online transaction processing system.

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