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Translation glossary: Java terms

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memberA field or method of a class. Unless specified otherwise, a member is not static. 
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methodA function defined in a class. See also instance method, class method. Unless specified otherwise, a method is not static. 
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multithreadedDescribes a program that is designed to have parts of its code execute concurrently. See also thread. 
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nativeA Java keyword that is used in method declarations to specify that the method is not implemented in the same Java source file, but rather in another l 
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newA Java keyword used to create an instance of a class. 
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nullThe null type has one value, the null reference, represented by the literal null, which is formed from ASCII characters. A null literal is always of t 
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objectThe principal building blocks of object-oriented programs. Each object is a programming unit consisting of data (instance variables) and functionality 
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object-oriented designA software design method that models the characteristics of abstract or real objects using classes and objects. 
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octalThe numbering system using 8 as its base, using the numerals 0-7 as its digits. In programs written in the Java programming language, octal numbers mu 
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optional packagesThe set or sets of APIs in a Java platform edition which are available with and may be supported in a compatible implementation. 
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ORBObject Request Broker. A library than enables CORBA objects to locate and communicate with one another. 
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OS principalA principal native to the operating system on which the Java platform is executing. 
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OTSObject Transaction Service. A definition of the interfaces that permit CORBA objects to participate in transactions. 
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overloadingUsing one identifier to refer to multiple items in the same scope. In the Java programming language, you can overload methods but not variables or ope 
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overridingProviding a different implementation of a method in a subclass of the class that originally defined the method. 
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packageA group of types. Packages are declared with the package keyword. 
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peerIn networking, any functional unit in the same layer as another entity. 
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persistenceThe protocol for transferring the state of a bean between its instance variables and an underlying database. 
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pixelThe picture element on a display area, such as a monitor screen or printed page. Each pixel is individually accessible. 
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POAPortable Object Adapter. A CORBA standard for building server-side applications that are portable across heterogeneous ORBs. 
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primary keyAn object that uniquely identifies an entity bean within a home. 
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primitive typeA variable data type in which the variable\'s value is of the appropriate size and format for its type: a number, a character, or a boolean value. 
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principalThe identity assigned to an entity as a result of authentication. 
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privateA Java keyword used in a method or variable declaration. It signifies that the method or variable can only be accessed by other elements of its class. 
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privilegeA security attribute that does not have the property of uniqueness and which may be shared by many principals. An example of a privilege is a group. 
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processA virtual address space containing one or more threads. 
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profilesA profile is a collection of Java APIs that complements one or more Java 2 Platform Editions by adding domain-specific capabilities. Profiles may also 
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propertyCharacteristics of an object that users can set, such as the color of a window. 
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protectedA Java keyword used in a method or variable declaration. It signifies that the method or variable can only be accessed by elements residing in its cla 
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publicA Java keyword used in a method or variable declaration. It signifies that the method or variable can be accessed by elements residing in other classe 
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rasterA two-dimensional rectangular grid of pixels. 
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realmSee security policy domain. Also, a string, passed as part of an HTTP request during basic authentication, that defines a protection space. The protec 
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referenceA variable data type in which the variable\'s value is an address. 
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returnA Java keyword used to finish the execution of a method. It can be followed by a value required by the method definition. 
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RMISee Java Remote Method Invocation. 
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rollbackThe point in a transaction when all updates to any databases involved in the transaction are reversed. 
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rootIn a hierarchy of items, the one item from which all other items are descended. The root item has nothing above it in the hierarchy. See also hierarch 
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RPCRemote Procedure Call. Executing what looks like a normal procedure call (or method invocation) by sending network packets to some remote host. 
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runtime systemThe software environment in which programs compiled for the Java virtual machine1 can run. The runtime system includes all the code necessary to load 
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sandboxComprises a number of cooperating system components, ranging from security managers that execute as part of the application, to security measures desi 
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SAXSimple API for XML. An event-driven, serial-access mechanism for accessing XML documents. 
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scopeA characteristic of an identifier that determines where the identifier can be used. Most identifiers in the Java programming environment have either c 
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Secure Socket Layer (SSL)A protocol that allows communication between a Web browser and a server to be encrypted for privacy. 
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security attributesA set of properties associated with a principal. Security attributes can be associated with a principal by an authentication protocol. 
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security contextAn object that encapsulates the shared state information regarding security between two entities. 
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security policy domainA scope over which security policies are defined and enforced by a security administrator. A security policy domain has the following characteristics: 
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serializationThe encoding of objects, and the objects reachable from them, into a stream of bytes and the complementary reconstruction of the object graph from the 
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SGMLStandardized Generalized Markup Language. An ISO/ANSI/ECMA standard that specifies a way to annotate text documents with information about types of se 
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shortA Java keyword used to define a variable of type short. 
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single precisionIn the Java language specification, describes a floating point number with 32 bits of data. See also double precision. 
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