S - Definitions
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SAX (Simple API for XML)
SAX (Simple API for XML) is an application program interface (API) that allows a programmer to interpret a Web file that uses the Extensible Markup Language (XML) -- that is, a Web file that describes a collection of data.
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scalable font
A scalable font is a type font that can be resized (enlarged or reduced)without introducing distortion.
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is the description of an image as an application of the Extensible Markup Language (XML).
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screen name
In a computer network, a screen name is the name a user chooses to use when communicating with others online.
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search engine
On the Internet, a search engine is a coordinated set of programs that includes: A spider (also called a "crawler" or a "bot") that goes to every page or representative pages on every Web site that wants to be searchable and reads it, using hypertext links on each page to discover and read a site's other pages A program that creates a huge index (sometimes called a "catalog") from the pages that have been read A program that receives your search request, compares it to the entries in the index, and returns results to you An alternative to using a search engine is to explore a structured directory of topics.
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second-level domain (SLD)
A second-level domain (SLD) is the portion of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that identifies the specific and unique administrative owner associated with an Internet Protocol address (IP address).
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Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is an idea of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee that the Web as a whole can be made more intelligent and perhaps even intuitive about how to serve a user's needs...(Continued)
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Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
SLIP is a TCP/IP protocol used for communication between two machines that are previously configured for communication with each other.
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server space provider
A server space provider is an individual, company, or organization that provides storage space on a server for Web pages, usually for a charge.
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Service Data Objects (SDO)
Service Data Objects (SDO) is the name of a specification designed to streamline the processing of SOA (service-oriented architecture) data from diverse sources such as XML documents, relational databases and Web services... (Continued)
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Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM)
The Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM) is a paradigm developed by IBM that defines the extent to which various services are integrated in a service-oriented architecture (SOA)... (Continued)
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service-component architecture (SCA)
Service-component architecture (SCA) is a group of specifications intended for the development of applications based on service-oriented architecture (SOA), which defines how computing entities interact to perform work for each other... (Continued)
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service-level management
Service-level management is the monitoring and management of the quality of service(QoS) of an entity's key performance indicators(KPIs).
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service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a software development model for distributed application components that incorporates discovery, access control, data mapping and security features.
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service-oriented integration (SOI)
SOI is also an abbreviation for Silicon-On-Insulator.