Application Middleware
Software external to applications and databases that allows applications to share functions and data across networks.
Application Platforms
Server software that provides development, runtime, middleware, and integration services for creating and managing a portfolio of thin-client applications.
Application Programming Interface
An API helps different components of software work together so that they all seem to operate as a single software. Such interfaces are very common and help coordinate numerous "moving parts" to make a program or app easy to use. A set of programs written for the purpose of allowing two applications to communicate with each other.
Application Server
The hardware device that contains the executable application code.
Application Service Provider
A company that offers individuals or enterprises access over a network, most typically the Internet in the case of cloud or SaaS software, to applications and related services that would otherwise have to be located in their own personal or enterprise computers.
Architecture
The fundamental design of a system that integrates all the parts into a formal and visible structure.
Artifact
Work that has been documented and stored in a repository so it can be retrieved upon demand.
Artificial Intelligence
The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions) and self-correction. The simulation of human intelligence in machines that enables them to perform tasks such as learning, reasoning, and problem-solving.
Asymmetric Encryption
A cryptographic technique that uses two different keys (public and private) for encryption and decryption, providing secure communication and data exchange.
Attributes
Characteristics of data either in a software application or data warehouse.
