Term
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Definition
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Administration Server
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Weblogic server that is running
the administration service. Single point of control for managing
the domain.
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Common Object Reuse Broker
Arhitecture (CORBA)
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Vender independent specification
that allows different programs to communicate and work together.
Any CORBA based program should be able to work with another CORBA
based program.
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Domain
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Inter-related set of
Weblogic server resources that are managed as a self contained
unit. Includes one or more servers.
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Enterprise Application Archive
(EAR)
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Compressed archive of files
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Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)
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Reusable java code that resides
on the server.
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EJB Archive (JAR)
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Compressed archive of files |
Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems
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Software that integrates all
departments and functions in a company by allowing each departments
software to intercommuncate with other departmental software.
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Entity Bean
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Represents an object that
contains data (customer, account or inventory item).
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Extensible Markup Language (XML)
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Markup language that defines the
content and structure of data in a document.
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP)
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Communcations protocol between
web browser and web server.
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Interface Definition Language
(IDL)
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Object Management Group's (OMG)
programming language independant method of specifying interfaces
between objects.
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Internet Inter-Orb Protocol
(IIOP)
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Technology that allows browsers
and servers to exchange integers, arrays and more complex objects.
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Jar Utility
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Java Archive tool that creates
and manages Java Archive (jar) files.
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Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
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Java programming language.
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J2EE Application
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Collection of components that
are grouped into a single deployment unit (ear, jar or war file).
The Weblogic resources that the application requires are defined in a
single domain for unified management.
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Java Authentication and
Authorization Services (JAAS)
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Set of APIs that can be used for
access to authentication and authorization services. This allows
the Java application to be independent of the underlying authentication
and authorization services.
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Java Connector Architecture (JCA)
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Standard architecture for
connecting J2EE programs to backend systems such as ERP, databases, etc.
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Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
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Technology that allows Java to
connect to a wide range of databases
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Java Management Extensions (JMX)
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API that allows management
access to domain resources.
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Java Message Services (JMS)
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API that allows J2EE programs to
create, send, receive and read messages
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Java Naming and Directory
Interface (JNDI)
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Standard extension to J2EE which
provides an interface to naming and directory services (ldap, dns, etc)
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Java Servlets
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Platform independent server side
modules that extend capabilities of a web server.
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Java Server Pages (JSP)
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Server based web page
development language that uses XML like tags to encapsulate the
programming logic.
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Java Transaction API (JTA)
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API that specifies the
connection between an transaction manager and the parties involved in
the transaction.
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JavaMail
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Allows an application to create
and email message and send it using an SMTP server on the network.
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Jolt
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Java based client API that
manages requests to the Tuxedo services via a Jolt listener on the
Tuxedo server.
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Managed Servers
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Weblogic servers in a domain
that are not adminstration servers.
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Management Beans (MBeans)
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EJBs that use JMX to provide
management functions on domain resources.
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Message Driven Beans
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EJBs that handle asynchronous
messages received from JMS message queues.
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Node Manager
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Java program that allows
adminstrator to stop and kill managed servers remotely from the
administration console
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Object Management Group (OMG)
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Not for profit consortium that
maintains computer industry standards for interoperable enterprise
applications.
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Realm
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A service that verifies the
identity of a user (authentication) and controls user access to
applications (authorization). Weblogic can use it's default realm
or pluggable realms such as Unix, Ldap, Microsoft, etc.
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Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
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Technology that allows a java
virtual machine to invoke a remote java object's method.
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Resource Adapter Archive (RAR)
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Compressed archive of files |
Session Beans
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Temporary EJB that serves a
single client by implementing procedural logic.
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Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP)
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Protocol that specifies a
platform independenat way of passing XML encoded data.
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Standard Generalized Markup
Language (SGML)
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International standard markup
language that is more powerful than Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
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T3
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Weblogic developed protocol for
efficiently transporting data between a Weblogic server and other Java
programs (including other Weblogic servers). Can multiplex
multiple services over a single network connection.
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Tuxedo Connector
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API to connect to BEA Tuxedo
transaction processing services. Weblogic can invoke Tuxedo
services and Tuxedo can invoke EJB applications.
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.war File
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Web Archive, created using Java
jar utility.
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Web Services Description
Language (WSDL)
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Language that describes what a
web service can do, where it is located and how to invoke it. It
is an XML based method of communcations that is platform independent,
using SOAP for it's message format and HTTP as it's connection protocol.
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Weblogic Server Cluster
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Multiple Weblogic servers that
act as a single server. Additional servers are added for load
balancing and fault tolerance.
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Wireless Access Protocol (WAP)
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Secure protocol to support
communication between handheld devices.
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