Glossary#

Definitions#

• Ad-hoc: Latin phrase meaning literally ‘to this’. Typically signifies a solution for a specific purpose, problem, or task rather than a generalized solution adaptable to collateral instances.
• AJAX: A set of web development techniques that uses various web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications.
• Distributed systems: Set of software agents that work together to perform some task.
• Internet: Computers net supported by TCP/IP protocol.
• Model: A representation or specification of a system, from a certain point of view and with a specific objective.
• Performance: Ability to provide a response time.
• PC Era: Before the Web.
• Scalability: How increased data usage and data growth affects performance.
• Software architecture: Fundamental structures of a software system and the discipline of creating such structures and systems. Each structure comprises software elements, relations among them, and properties of both elements and relations.
• Web service: Software function that is hosted at a network addressable location. IBM

Acronyms#

• AI: Artificial Intelligence.
• AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
• CPU: Central Processing Unit. (computer processor)
• CSS: Cascading Style Sheet.
• DB: Data Base.
• DL: Deep Learning.
• DOM: Document Object Model.
• HTML: HyperText Markup Language.
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. (Application layer)
• IFML: Interaction Flow Modeling Language. (standard)
• IoT: Internet of Things.
• IP: Internet Protocol. (Internet layer)
• MDD: Model Driven Development. (metodology)
• OWL: Web Ontology Language.
• PC: Personal Computer.
• PIM: Platform-Independent Model.
• PSM: Platform-Specific Model.
• RAM: Random Access Memory. (computer volatile memory)
• REST: REpresentational State Transfer. (web service technological approach)
• SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol. (web service technological approach)
• SPARQL: Semantic Protocol And RDF Query Language.
• SSD: Solid State Drive. (fast non-volatile memory)
• TCP: Transmission Control Protocol. (Transport layer)
• UML: Unified Modeling Language. (standard)
• URI: Uniform Resource Identifier.
• Web: World Wide Web.
• WSDL: Web Service Description Language.
• W3C: World Wide Web Consortium.
• XHTML: Extensible HyperText Markup Language.
• XML: Extensible Markup Language.
• XSLT Extensible Stylesheet Language.