| Active Server |
| A collection of server-side tecdhnologies that are delivered with Windows NT. These technologies provide a consistent server-side component and scripting model and an integrated set of system services for component application management, database access, transactions, and messaging. |
| ADO |
| Active Data Object. A set of object-based data access interfaces optimized for Internet-based, data centric applications. ADO is based on a published specification and is included with Microsoft Internet Information Server and Microsoft Visual InterDev. |
| ASP |
| Active Server Pages. A Server side scripting enviorment that runs ActiveX scripts and ActiveX components on a server. Developers can combine scripts and components to create Web-based applications. |
| CGI |
| Common Gateway Interface script. A program that allows a server to communicate with users on the Internet. For example, when a user enters information in a form on a Web page, a CGI script interpets the information and communications it to a database program on the server. |
| COM |
| Component Object Model. The object-oriented programming model that defines how objects interact within a single application or between applications. In COM, client software accesses an object through a pointer to an interface--a related set of funcations called methods--on objects. |
| DAO |
| Data Access Object. |
| DNS |
| Domain Name System. A protocol and system used throughout the Internet to map Internet Protocal (IP) addresses to user-friendly names. Sometimes referred to as the BIND service in BSD UNIX, DNS offers a static, hierarchical name service for TCP/IP hosts. The network administrator configures the DNS with a list of host names and IP addresses allowing users of workstations configured to query the DNS to specify remote systems by host name rather than IP address. |
| DSN |
| Data Source Name |
| FTP |
| File Transfer Protocal |
| IDC |
| Internet Database Connector |
| IIS |
| Internet Information Server |
| ISAPI |
| Internet Server Application Procedural Interface |
| ODBC |
| Open Database Connection |
| RDO |
| Remote Data Object |
