Appendix A. Glossary

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accessibility

The process of making an application more readily available to users who have disabilities that interfere with their use of computer hardware or software.

accessor

The code that is enclosed in a get and set block in a property definition. The get accessor is executed when the property value is read, and the set accessor is used when a value is assigned to the property. A property can contain a get accessor, a set accessor, or both.

ad hoc query

A set of SQL statements that are executed immediately.

Application

A class that provides a set of static methods and properties for managing an application.

assembly

A logical unit of functionality that can contain one or more files. Every type that is loaded in the CLR ...

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