| A | B |
| SQL | The Structured Query Language is used to find/place information in a database |
| DLL | Dynamic Linking Libraries are the method by which common executable routines are made available in the Windows-based environment |
| Java | Java |
| JavaScript | Created by Netscape to provide active content on web sites |
| Perl | Practical Extraction and Report Language – an interpretive language (requires an interpreter) that can be used to write CGI scripts and perform text processing tasks |
| VBScript | a non-compiled scripting language based on Visual Basic that allows controls to be added to web pages |
| CGI | The Common Gateway Interface is a program/language that runs on servers and provides a means to customize output to the user |
| Jscript | A non-compiled scripting language based on Microsoft’s implementation of JavaScript (which came from Netscape) |
| SAPI | The Speech API is used for voice and telephony applications |
| API | The Application Programming Interfaces are the building blocks by which Windows-based software applications are built by programmers |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language – allows multiple HTML links (versus the standard one) and is a chopped down version of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) |
| VRML | VRML |
| ASP | Active Server Pages run only on the Windows NT platform and allow processing to be done on the server (which sends back pure HTML) and on the client (which is processed within the browser, but can be viewed in Source) |
| ODBC | ODBC |