Glossary

access control

The methods by which interactions with resources are limited to collections of users or programs for the purpose of enforcing integrity, confidentiality, or availability constraints.

ACID

The acronym for the four properties guaranteed by transactions: atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability.

activation

The process of transferring an enterprise bean from secondary storage to memory.

See also [passivation]
applet

A component that typically executes in a Web browser, but can execute in a variety of other applications or devices that support the applet programming model.

applet container

A container that includes support for the applet programming model.

application assembler

A person who combines components and modules ...

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