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Rapid Application Development (RAD)

A method of building computer systems in which the system is programmed and implemented in segments, rather than waiting until…

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Prototype Application/PrototyPing

A software development process whose purpose is to evaluate the suitability of a potential application for production.

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Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Standard

The computer industry standard network protocol or model for computer-to-computer communications. Developed by the International Standards Organization, OSI consists of…

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Open systems Environment

A computing environment that allows users to access and utilize data and software across multiple platforms. Incompatible hardware platforms, operating…

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Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

A standard database access method developed to make it possible to access any data from any application, regardless of which…

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Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)

A type of computer processing in which the computer responds immediately to user requests. Each request is considered to be…

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Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

A category of software tools that provides analysis of data stored in a database. OLAP tools enable users to analyze…

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Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

A method in which programmers define not only the type of data structure, but also the types of operations (functions…

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Multidimensional Database (MDB)

A type of database that is optimized for data warehousing and online analytical processing (OLAP) applications (see online analytical processing).…

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MIPS

Acronym for “millions of instructions per second.” MIPS is sometimes mistakenly considered a relative measure of processing capability among computer…

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