Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Traditional Business Applications

2. Intranet Business Applications

3. Top Tier: The Web Browser as a User Interface

4. Middle Tier: The Web Server and Business Logic

5. Bottom Tier: The Database Server

6. Object-Oriented Programming

7. Internationalization and Platform Independence

Self-Test

Glossary

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API
application program interface

CDPD
cellular digital packet data

CGI
common gateway interface

COM
component object model

CORBA
common object request broker architecture

CPU
central processing unit

CSR
customer service representative

EJB
enterprise JavaBeans

GUI
graphical user interface

HTML
hypertext markup language

HTTP
hypertext transport protocol

I18N
internationalization

IDL
interface definition language

LAN
local-area network

MPP
massively parallel processing

NUI
network user interface

OO
object oriented

PC
personal computer

SMP
symmetric multiprocessing

URL
uniform resource locator

XML
eXtensible markup language