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1Application firewall — An application firewall is a form of firewall which controls input, output, and/or access from, to, or by an application or service. It operates by monitoring and potentially blocking the input, output, or system service calls which do not meet… …
2Application directory — An application directory is a grouping of software code, help files and resources that together comprise a complete software package but are presented to the user as a single object.They are currently used in RISC OS and the ROX Desktop, and are… …
3Application virtualization — is an umbrella term that describes software technologies that improve portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized… …
4Application programming interface — API redirects here. For other uses, see API (disambiguation). An application programming interface (API) is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other. An API may… …
5Application checkpointing — Checkpointing is a technique for inserting fault tolerance into computing systems. It basically consists of storing a snapshot of the current application state, and later on, use it for restarting the execution in case of failure. Contents 1… …
6Application software — OpenOffice.org Writer word processor. OpenOffice.org is a popular example of open source application software …
7Application-level gateway — In the context of computer networking, an application level gateway [RFC 2663 ALG: official definition (refer section 2.9)] (also known as ALG or application layer gateway) consists of a security component that augments a firewall or NAT employed …
8Application Architecture — The definition below applies to Applications Architecture. This is one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise architecture or solution architecture. Note that the term application architecture (without the s) is… …
9Application Binary Interface — Abbreviated ABI. A specification that aims to ensure binary compatibility between applications running on the same family of processors or CPUs using Unix System V Release 4. Applications developed using ABI can run on hardware from different… …
10Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …
