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Glossary 101
Java Platform, Standard
Edition (Java SE
platform) A set of specifications that defines the desktop runtime environment required
for the deployment of Java technology applications. Java SE platform
implementations are available for a variety of platforms, but most notably the
Solaris and Windows operating systems.
Java Application
Manager (JAM) A native application used to download, store, and execute applications.
Another name for JAM is Application Management Software (AMS).
Java Archive (JAR)
file A platform-independent file format that combines many files into one.
Java Compatibility Test
Tools (Java CTT) Tools, documents, templates, and samples that can be used to design and build
TCKs. Using the Java CTT simplifies compatibility test development and
makes developing and running tests more efficient.
Java Community
Process (JCP)
program An open organization of international Java community software developers
and licensees whose charter is to develop and revise Java specifications, and
their associated Reference Implementation (RI), and Technology Compatibility
Kit (TCK).
Java platform
libraries The class libraries that are defined for each particular version of a Java
technology in its Java specification.
Java specification A written specification for some aspect of Java technology.
Java Specification
Request (JSR) The actual descriptions of proposed and final technology specifications for the
Java platform.
Java technology A Java specification and its Reference Implementation (RI). Examples of Java
technologies are the J ava SE platform, the Connected Limited Device
Configuration (CLDC), and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP).
Java Technology
Compatibility Kit See Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK).
JavaTest harness
agent A test agent supplied with the JavaTest harness to run TCK tests on a Java
technology implementation where it is not possible or desirable to run the
main JavaTest harness. See also test agent, active agent, and passive agent.