Glossary
ActiveX: A type of coding that defines Microsoft’s interaction between web servers, clients, add-ins, and Microsoft Office applications. ActiveX is Microsoft’s answer to Sun’s Java.
API: Application programming interface. The conventions by which an application program accesses an operating system and other services. The development platforms (Sun, Microsoft, Linux, and so on) as well as third-party software development companies distribute or sell APIs for particular purposes—database access, report writing, geographic map packages, and so on.
ASP: Active server pages. A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet pages in which you can combine HTML, scripts, and ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages.
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