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B2B business to business
API application programming
interface
ASBO Application Specific Business
Object
BPEL4WS Business Process Execution
Language for Web Services
CICS Customer Information Control
System
CORBA Common Object Request
Broker Architecture
CVS Concurrent Versions System
DBMS database management
system
DNS Domain Name Server
EAI Enterprise Application
Integration
EAR Enterprise Archive
EIS Enterprise Information
System
EJB Enterprise JavaBean
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
FDL Flow Definition Language
FDML Flow Definition Markup
Language
GBO Generic Business Object
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Secure
IBM International Business
Machines Corporation
IDE Integrated Development
Environment
IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
Abbreviations and acronyms
IT Information Technology
ITSO International Technical
Support Organization
J2EE Java 2 Platform, Enterprise
Edition
JAR Java Archive
JDBC Java Database Connectivity
JMS Java Message Service
JNDI Java Naming and Directory
Interface
JSP JavaServer Page
JSR Java Specification Request
JVM Java Virtual Machine
LAN local area network
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol
LLBP Long Lived Business Process
LOV line of visibility
LTPA Lightweight Third Party
Authentication
MDB Message Driven Bean
ODA Object Discovery Agent
OS operating system
QoS Quality of Service
RMI Remote Method Invocation
RPC remote procedure call
SOA service-oriented architecture
SOAP Simple Object Access
Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
TCP/IP Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol
TLO top-level object
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UDDI Universal Description
Discovery and Integration
UML Unified Modeling Language
URL Uniform Resource Locator
WAR Web archive
WIP work in progress
WSDL Web Services Description
Language
WSIF Web Services Invocation
Framework
XML Extensible Markup Language
XSD XML Schema Definition
XSLT Extensible Stylesheet
Language Transformations
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