- API
- Application Programming Interface - functions and/or objects of an application or system exposed to programmers to provide interaction and integration
- C++
- Object-oriented programming language compiled to machine code; international standard
- C#
- Object-oriented programming language, a descendant of C++, often compared to Java™; primarily intended for the .NET software platform (see below) to be compiled to intermediary binary code; international standard originally created by Microsoft Corporation
- cracker
- A person who breaks into computer systems; not to be confused with hacker (see below)
- deprecated
- No longer supported, made obsolete; further use is typically given disapproval by the creator or owner
- DOJ
- U.S. Department of Justice
- FOSS
- Free and [open source] software (see below); also see the Free Software Foundation
- free software
- software which users are free to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve; see GNU.org
- FUD
- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- hacker
- A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities (from the "Jargon File" 4.2.0); Note: a person who breaks into computer systems is called a cracker not hacker
- IE
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Java™
- Object-oriented programming language; primarily intended to be compiled to an intermediary binary for execution in the Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM); software platform consisting of the Java language, JVM, and libraries; owned, trademarked and mostly controlled by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- MS & MSFT
- Microsoft Corporation; MSFT is their NASDAQ trading symbol
- .NET
- A software platform (i.e. software upon which other software runs); includes a definition for a Common Language Interface and APIs; created by Microsoft Corporation and partly standardized by the ECMA
- [open source]
- software distributed under a license that guarantees the right to read, redistribute, modify, and use the software freely; see the Open Source Initiative
- OSS
- [Open source] software (see above)
- proprietary
- Owned and controlled under the exclusive legal right of an individual or corporation
- TCO
- [Total Cost of Ownership]
- Visual Basic
- Proprietary programming language created by Microsoft; BASIC syntax with built-in functions and the addition of some object oriented features
- XML
- eXtensible Markup Language - a language, usually used as a transmission or file format, which is easily readable by both humans and computers
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