Glossary
API See application program interface.
application program interface (API) A set of public programmatic interfaces that consists of a language or message format to communicate with an operating system or other programmatic environment, such as a database, web server, JVM, and so forth. When formatted as messages, they will typically call functions and methods that are available for application development.
application server A server that is designed to host applications and their environments, permitting server applications to run. A typical example is Oracle Application Server 10g, which is able to host Java, C, C++, and PL/SQL applications in cases in which a remote client controls the interface. See also Oracle Application Server. ...
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