IT Certification Success Exam Cram™ 2

Appendix B. Glossary

Glossary

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The exam created by CompTIA that is designed to certify individuals who are competent PC technicians and whose knowledge covers hardware and software products, principles, and technologies from many vendors.

AATP (Authorized Academic Training Program)

A Microsoft term referring to an institution of higher learning (usually a community college, four-year college, or university) that offers the official Microsoft training curriculum under a special license. The AATP program has been discontinued, but you might still see occasional mention of this abbreviation.

ActiveX

A Microsoft Windows–only technology, based on OLE (object linking and embedding) technology, that competes with Java as the language of choice for Web content. ...