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Database applications

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

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Session bean

Software; Database applications

In Java, an enterprise bean that is created by a client and that usually exists only for the duration of a single client/server session.

Else

Software; Database applications

In programming, a keyword used to execute a block of statements when the test condition using the "if" keyword evaluates to false.

Business rule

Software; Database applications

A rule under which an organisation operates. Business rules are applied to data using constraints.

Shared-nothing architecture

Software; Database applications

IBM hardware and software architecture in which multiple databases are accessed by the same applications, but do not contain the same information, and are therefore unable to function as backups for ...

Embedded total

Software; Database applications

A predefined level of aggregation built into a dimension for which a hierarchy exists. For example, in a TIME dimension, each quarter represents the total for the months in the quarter.

Business-to-business (B2B)

Software; Database applications

The exchange of products, services, or information between businesses (or e-businesses) on the internet.

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)

Software; Database applications

A part of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite that describes methods for exchanging a common set of network management information.

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