A method of building computer systems in which the system is programmed and implemented in segments, rather than waiting until…
A software development process whose purpose is to evaluate the suitability of a potential application for production.
The computer industry standard network protocol or model for computer-to-computer communications. Developed by the International Standards Organization, OSI consists of…
A computing environment that allows users to access and utilize data and software across multiple platforms. Incompatible hardware platforms, operating…
A standard database access method developed to make it possible to access any data from any application, regardless of which…
A type of computer processing in which the computer responds immediately to user requests. Each request is considered to be…
A category of software tools that provides analysis of data stored in a database. OLAP tools enable users to analyze…
A method in which programmers define not only the type of data structure, but also the types of operations (functions…
A type of database that is optimized for data warehousing and online analytical processing (OLAP) applications (see online analytical processing).…