GLOSSARY
Adaptive Routing—A form of network routing whereby the path data packets travel from a source to a destination node depends upon the current state of the network.
adjacent—Two vertices are adjacent if they are connected by an edge.
agent—A piece of software that runs without direct human control to accomplish a goal provided by the user. Agents typically collect, filter, and process information found on the Web sometimes in collaboration with other agents.
Alignment—A mapping of concepts and relations between two ontologies A and B that preserves the partial ordering by subtypes in both A and B. If an alignment maps a concept or relation x in ontology A to a concept or relation y in ontology B, then x and y are said to be equivalent.
Amaya—An open source Web browser editor from W3C and friends, used to push leading-edge ideas in Web client design.
analog—refers to an electronic device that uses a system of unlimited variables to measure or represent flow of data. Radios use variable sound waves to carry data from transmitter to receiver.
arc—A synonym for edge.
Apache—An open source Web server originally formed by taking all the “patches” (fixes) to the NCSA Web server and making a new server out of it.
applet—a small software application or utility that is built to perform one task over the Web.
appliance—Runs applications using a visual interface between user and network.
Application Layer—Establishes communications with other users and provides services by Application ...
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