- API - Application Program Interface
- Applet - a Client Side Java program that executes in the browser's JVM
- AWT - Abstract Windowing Toolkit - an API created by Sun Microsystems, that interfaces to heavyweight native peer components
- CGI - Common Gateway Interface - a standardized method of communicating through a web server
- Client/Server - a 2 tier application development methodology that splits processing between the client computer and the server
- CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- DNS - Domain Name Service
- Domain - primary internet domains are (.com, .org, .net), a secondary domain example would be (blackpatch.com)
- EJB - Enterprise Java Beans
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol
- GNU - GNU Not UNIX
- GUI - Graphical User Interface
- HTML - HyperText Markup Language - the key to formatting a web page
- HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
- IDL - Interface Definition Language
- IFC - Internet Foundation Classes - an API created by Netscape, of lightweight GUI components
- IIOP - Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
- IP - Internet Protocol
- Java - An object-oriented, platform neutral, network centric, and robust programming enviroment first popularized on the web
- JavaScript - a Client Side Scripting Language, that executes on the browser
- J2EE - Java 2 Enterprise Edition
- J2ME - Java 2 Micro Edition; PersonalJava &s; Micro Java
- J2SE - Java 2 Standard Edition
- JDBC - Java DataBase Connectivity, an API that allows Java programs to interface with RDBMS
- JFC - Java Foundation Classes - a package including Swing, Accessability, and cross platform Look and Feel components
- JMF - Java Media Framework
- JMS - Java Message Service
- JNDI - Java Naming and Directory Interface
- JNI - Java Native Interface
- JSP - Java Server Pages
- JTA - Java Transation API
- JTS - Java Transation Server
- JWS - Java Web Server
- JVM - Java Virtual Machine
- KVM - K Virtual Machine
- LAN - Local Area Network
- LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
- N-Tier - a multi tier application development methodology where n can be any number
- NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
- ODBC - Open DataBase Connectivity, an API that allows native programs to interface with RDBMS
- OMG - Object Management Group
- ORB - Object Request Broker
- RDBMS - Relation DataBase Management System
- RMI - Remote Method Invocation - a pure Java
- SDK - Software Development Kit
- Servlet - a Server Side Java program that executes in the servers's JVM
- SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SQL - Structured Query Language - a standardized language to query a RDBMS
- Swing - a package of lightweight cross-platform GUI components
- TCP - Transport Control Protocol
- UDP - Unreliable Datagram Protocol
- UML - Unified Modeling Language
- URI - Universal Resource Indicator
- URL - Universal Resource Locator
- WAN - Wide Area Network
- WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
- WML - Wireless Markup Language
- XML - Extensible Markup Language
- XSD - XML Schema
- XSL - Extensible Stylesheet Language
- XSLT - XSL Transformations
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