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target audience The group of end users for whom an application is designed.

threads The basic unit to which the server allocates processor time. A single process can have multiple threads.

throwing The act of passing an exception to the next caller in the call stack. See also exception.

tracing A programming technique for recording events, such as exceptions, in an application. Tracing is used during debugging and in the testing phase of application deployment.

transaction A group of commands (treated as a single unit) that change the data stored in a database. The transaction ensures that the commands are handled in an all-or-nothing fashion if one of the commands fails, all of the commands fail, and any data that was written to the database by the commands is backed out. In this way, transactions maintain the integrity of data in a database.

tuning The process of making adjustments to a deployed application that do not affect code.