AAT application assembly tool
API application programming interface
BMP bean-managed persistence
BMT bean-managed transactions
CICS Customer Information Control System
CMP container-managed persistence
CMR container-managed relationships
CMT container-managed transactions
DBMS database management system
DOM document object model
EAR enterprise application archive
EIS enterprise information system
EJB Enterprise JavaBeans
EJB QL EJB query language
EJS Enterprise Java Server
GUI graphical user interface
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IBM International Business Machines Corporation
IDE integrated development environment
IDL interface definition language
IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
ITSO International Technical Support Organization
J2CA J2EE connector architecture
J2C J2EE connector architecture Abbreviations and acronyms
J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition
JAAS Java Authentication and Authorization Services
JAF Java Activation Framework
JAR Java archive
JDBC Java Database Connectivity
JDK Java Developer’s Kit
JMS Java Messaging Service
JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface
JSP JavaServer Pages
JTA JavaTransaction API
JTS Java Transaction Service
JVM Java Virtual Machine
LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
LTPA lightweight third-party authentication
MDB message-driven bean
MVC model-view-controller
OMG Object Management Group
ORB object request broker
OTS Object Transaction Service
RAD rapid application development
RAR resource adapter archive
RDBMS relational database management system
RMI Remote Method Invocation
SAM Security Access Manager
SAX simple API for XML
SCCI source code control interface
SCM software configuration management
SCMS source code management systems
SDK Software Development Kit
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol (also known as Service
Oriented Architecture Protocol)
SQL structured query language
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
UDDI universal description, discovery, and integration
UOW unit of work
URL uniform resource locator
UTC universal test client
WAR Web application archive
WSDL Web Service Description Language
WWW World Wide Web
XHTML Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XMI XML metadata interchange
XML eXtensible Markup Language
XSD XML schema definition