Appendix C. Glossary of Terms

…with ruder terms, such as my wit affords, and over-joy of heart doth minister.

—William Shakespeare, Henry VI, pt. 2, 1.1

Define, define, well-educated infant.

—William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, 1.2

This section describes key terms associated with the Java programming language, object-oriented development, and programming in general. It is intended as reference material for use as you are getting started. Where appropriate, I have made distinctions with respect to ColdFusion terminology.

Numeric
100% Pure Java

A guide developed by Sun Microsystems to ensure that applications written in Java conform to a strict specification. The guide covers not only the writing of programs, but also their marketing. No ...

Get Java™ for ColdFusion® Developers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.