Languages, 22, 368n14
Ada, 236
C, 99, 101, 233, 368n12
COBOL, 101, 232
FORTRAN, 101, 232
HTML, 102, 205, 225, 236, 241, 319-320
IDL, 244
Java, 99-104, 187-188, 214, 223, 233, 254, 257-259, 275, 356-357
PL/1, 232
standards and, 232-233
WSDL, 262-263
XML, 225, 241, 244, 261-263, 319-320
LANs, 109-110
Laptops, 357
Law enforcement, 135-136
access field (LEAF), 287
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 139-140
government and, 285-288 (see also Government)
security and, 139-140
Layers, 24-25, 38
communication and, 213-214
heterogeneity and, 207-219, 222-229
IBM and, 209-210
IETF and, 239-240
importance of, 239-240
Internet and, 210-211, 217-218
OSI and, 241
platforms and, 222-223
protocols and, 210-211
software industry and, 207-219
spanning, 211-212, 229
SSL, 160
storage and, 207-209
TCP and, 210-211, 238
telephony and, 214-215, 217-218
types of, 216
UDP and, 210-211
Learnability, 58
Legacy applications, 60-61
Licensing, 193, 272-275. See also Property rights
component software and, 244-247
copy protection and, 267-284
pricing and, 327-338
rights management and, 276-284
TRUSTe and, 292-293
Limit pricing, 326
Linux, 78-80, 194, 225, 227
Content Scrambling System and, 295-296
multitasking and, 105-106
TiVo and, 321-322
Lock-in, 98, 317-320
Lotus Smart Suite, 62