Appendix C. Glossary

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ACID

An acronym coined for the atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable properties of a transaction.

activation type

An activation category for a serviced component application that indicates whether the application runs in or out of its client's process space (a library or a server application).

ad hoc query

A set of SQL statements that are executed immediately.

application domain

Application domains provide a secure and versatile unit of processing that the common language runtime (CLR) can use to provide isolation between applications.

asynchronous call

A call to a method that does not block the calling code while waiting for results.

authentication

The process of determining the identity of a user from the supplied credentials. ...

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