Glossary
- API (Application Programming Interface)
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An API is a set of encapsulated functions and data that are made available to an application. Sometimes called a code library.
- Basic Multilingual Plane
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The first of 17 logical groupings, or planes, of characters in Unicode. The Basic Multilingual Plane contains most of the characters commonly used today.
- black-box testing
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A testing method that tests the functionality of a program without reference to the internal workings of the system.
- buffer
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A block of memory that temporarily holds data, such as application variables.
- CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart)
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A challenge-response test designed to filter out automated Web site requests. ...
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