Java™ 2 by Example, Second Edition

Glossary

applet

A Java program running in the context of a client computer's Web browser program. (A client is something that depends on a service being provided by a server. For example, a Web browser program is a client of a Web server program, because a Web browser depends on the Web server sending it HTML and other files, in response to requests that the Web browser makes to the Web server.)

application

A standalone Java program—much like a Windows EXE file.

argument

A value passed to a method by way of a method call.

array

A data structure composed of a fixed number of sequential memory locations (known as elements).

array component variable

A single storage location in an array's block of memory. (Also known as an element.)

assertion

An assumption ...