Glossary

.NET:

Software strategy and suite of tools, implemented by Microsoft Corporation. Used for development and executing Web Services over the Internet.

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Absolute Path:

XPath search expression starting at the root node of an XML document.

Abstracted Class:

An abstraction is created to generalize attributes, values, and methods that are common to multiple classes.

Active Server Pages:

A Microsoft Corporation, server-side Internet scripting language.

Algorithm:

A set of computational steps, implemented to solve a problem.

Alias:

An assumed name or label assigned to some type of token or object, such as a table in a relational database query.

ALTER INDEX:

A command used to change the structure and/or content of an index in a relational database.

ALTER TABLE:

A command used to change the structure and/or content of a table in a relational database.

Alternate Index:

An index created on one or more fields of a relational table as an addition to any existing primary or foreign key indexes.

Amazon:

Globally present Internet company that primarily operates as an online book retailer.

Ancestor :

Any node above the current node in an XML hierarchical tree. For example, the parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or the root node are all ancestors of a node within an XML document.

Ancestor Node:

See Ancestor .

Ascending Index:

An index that is built sorted in ascending order, such as A, B, C.

ASP:

See Active Server Pages .

Atomic Value:

A text value, having no children or parent node.

Attribute:

In XML, an attribute is a specific value assigned to an element. In an object world, an attribute defines specific slots within classes. Attributes are the equivalent of a relational entity column or field.

Auto Counter:

Allows automated generation of sequences of numbers , usually one after the other, such as 101, 102, 103, and so on. Some database engines call auto counters sequences.