ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

GLOSSARY
ASP.NET
assembly
association
ATL
authentication
.bat file
big endian
binary
binding
by value
C++
Cascading Style Sheets
CASE
A programming framework built on the Common Language Runtime that can be
used on a server to build Web applications in any programming language supported
by .NET. See also Active Server Pages.
A package of software and its associated resources. Typically, an ArcGIS Win32
assembly will include executables and DLLs, object libraries, registry files, and
help files for a unit of software. A .NET assembly is a unit of software built
with a .NET language that uses the .NET Framework and the CLR to execute.
Represents relationships between classes. They have defined multiplicities at both
ends.
See Active Template Library.
The process of obtaining identification credentials, such as a name and password,
from a user and validating those credentials against some authority. If the credentials
are valid, the entity that submitted the credentials is considered an authenticated
identity. Authentication can be used to determine whether an entity has
access to a given resource.
Sometimes referred to as a batch file, a file that contains commands that can be
run in a command window. It is used to perform repetitive tasks and to run
scheduled commands.
A computer hardware architecture in which, within a multibyte numeric representation,
the most significant byte has the lowest address and the remaining
bytes are encoded in decreasing order of significance. See also little endian.
Any file format for digital data encoded as a sequence of bits (1s and 0s) but not
consisting of a sequence of printable characters (ASCII format). The term is
often used for executable machine code such as a DLL or EXE file that contains
information that can be directly loaded or executed by the computer.
The process of matching the location of a function given a pointer to an object.
A way of passing a parameter to a function such that a temporary copy of the
value of the parameter is created. The function makes changes to this temporary
copy, which is discarded after the function exits. If the parameter is a reference
to an underlying object, any changes made to the underlying object will be preserved
after the function exits.
A common object-oriented programming language, with many different implementations
designed for different platforms.
A standard for defining the layout or presentation of an HTML or XML document.
Style information includes font size, background color, text alignment, and
margins. Multiple stylesheets may be applied to “cascade” over previous style
settings, adding to or overriding them. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
maintains the CSS standard. See also World Wide Web Consortium.
Computer-aided software engineering. A category of software that provides a
development environment for programming teams. CASE systems offer tools to
automate, manage, and simplify the development process. Complex tasks that
often require many lines of code are simplified with CASE user interfaces and
code generators.
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