Essential English Vocabulary Every Programmer Must Master

B

background – background

backup – backup

backup device – backup device

backup file – backup file

backward compatible – backward compatible

base class – base class

base type – base type

batch – batch

BCL (base class library) – base class library

Bin Packing – Bin Packing

binary – binary

binding – binding

bit – bit

bitmap – bitmap

block – block

boolean – boolean

border – border

bounds checking – bounds checking

boxing – boxing

brace (curly brace) – brace

bracket (square brakcet) – bracket

breakpoint – breakpoint

browser applications – browser applications

browser-accessible application – browser-accessible application

bug – bug

build – build

built-in – built-in

bus – bus

business – business

business Logic – business logic

business rules – business rules

buttons – buttons

by/through – by/through

byte – byte

C

cache – cache

calendar – calendar

Calendrical Calculations – Calendrical Calculations

call – call

call operator – call operator

callback – callback

candidate key – candidate key

cascading delete – cascading delete

cascading update – cascading update

casting – casting

catalog – catalog

chain – chain

character – character

character format – character format

character set – character set

check box – check box

check button – check button

CHECK constraints – CHECK constraints

checkpoint – checkpoint

child class – child class

CIL (common intermediate language) – Common Intermediate Language

class – class

class declaration – class declaration

class definition – class definition

class derivation list – class derivation list

class factory – class factory

class hierarchy – class hierarchy

class library – class library

class loader – class loader

class template – class template

class template partial specializations – class template partial specializations

class template specializations – class template specializations

classification – classification

clause – clause

cleanup – cleanup

CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) – Common Language Infrastructure

client – client

client application – client application

client area – client area

client cursor – client cursor

client-server – client-server

clipboard – clipboard

clone – clone

CLS (common language specification) – Common Language Specification

code access security – code access security

code page – code page

COFF (Common Object File Format) – Common Object File Format

collection – collection

COM (Component Object Model) – Component Object Model

combo box – combo box

command line – command line

comment – comment

commit – commit

communication – communication

compatible – compatible

compile time – compile time

compiler – compiler

component – component

composite index – composite index

composite key – composite key

composition – composition

concept – concept

concrete – concrete

concrete class – concrete class

concurrency – concurrency

configuration – configuration

Connected Components – Connected Components

connection – connection

connection pooling – connection pooling

console – console

constant – constant

Constrained and Unconstrained Optimization – Constrained and Unconstrained Optimization

constraint – constraint

construct – construct

constructor (ctor) – constructor

container – container

containment – containment

context – context

control – control

cookie – cookie

copy – copy

CORBA – Common Object Request Broker Architecture

cover – cover

create/creation – create/creation

crosstab query – crosstab query

Cryptography – Cryptography

CTS (common type system) – Common Type System

cube – cube

cursor – cursor

cursor – cursor

custom – custom

D

data – data

data connection – data connection

data dictionary – data dictionary

data file – data file

data integrity – data integrity

data manipulation language (DML) – Data Manipulation Language

data member – data member

data source – data source

Data source name (DSN) – Data Source Name

data structure – data structure

Data Structures – Data Structures

data table – data table

data-bound – data-bound

database – database

database catalog – database catalog

database diagram – database diagram

database file – database file

database object – database object

database owner – database owner

database project – database project

database role – database role

database schema – database schema

database script – database script

datagram – datagram

dataset – dataset

dataset – dataset

DBMS (database management system) – Database Management System

DCOM (distributed COM) – Distributed COM

dead lock – deadlock

deallocate – deallocate

debug – debug

debugger – debugger

decay – decay

declaration – declaration

default – default

DEFAULT constraint – DEFAULT constraint

default database – default database

default instance – default instance

default result set – default result set

defer – defer

definition – definition

delegate – delegate

delegation – delegation

deploy – deploy

derived class – derived class

design pattern – design pattern

destroy – destroy

destructor(dtor) – destructor

device – device

DHTML (dynamic HyperText Markup Language) – Dynamic HyperText Markup Language

dialog – dialog

Dictionaries – Dictionaries

digest – digest

digital – digital

directive – directive

directory – directory

disassembler – disassembler

DISCO (Discovery of Web Services) – Discovery of Web Services

dispatch – dispatch

distributed computing – distributed computing

distributed query – distributed query

DNA (Distributed interNet Application) – Distributed Internet Application

document – document

DOM (Document Object Model) – Document Object Model

dot operator – dot operator

double-byte character set (DBCS) – Double-byte Character Set

driver – driver

DTD (document type definition) – Document Type Definition

dump – dump

dump file – dump file

E

e-business – e-business

efficiency – efficiency

efficient – efficient

encapsulation – encapsulation

end user – end user

end-to-end authentication – end-to-end authentication

engine – engine

entity – entity

enum (enumeration) – enumeration

enumerators – enumerators

equal – equal

equality – equality

equality operator – equality operator

error log – error log

escape character – escape character

escape code – escape code

evaluate – evaluate

event – event

event driven – event driven

event handler – event handler

evidence – evidence

exception – exception

exception declaration – exception declaration

exception handling – exception handling

exception specification – exception specification

exception-safe – exception-safe

exit – exit

explicit – explicit

explicit specialization – explicit specialization

explicit transaction – explicit transaction

export – export

expression – expression

F

fat client – fat client

feature – feature

fetch – fetch

field – field

field – field

field length – field length

file – file

filter – filter

finalization – finalization

finalizer – finalizer

firewall – firewall

flag – flag

flash memory – flash memory

flush – flush

font – font

foreign key (FK) – foreign key

form – form

formal parameter – formal parameter

forward declaration – forward declaration

forward-only – forward-only

forward-only cursor – forward-only cursor

framework – framework

full specialization – full specialization

function – function

function call operator – function call operator

function object – function object

function template – function template

functionality – functionality

functor – functor

G

GC (Garbage collection) – Garbage Collection

generate – generate

generic – generic

generic algorithm – generic algorithm

genericity – genericity

getter – getter

global – global

global object – global object

grant – grant

group – group

group box – group box

GUI – graphical user interface

GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) – Globally Unique Identifier

H

handle – handle

handler – handler

hard disk – hard disk

hard-coded – hard-coded

hard-copy – hard-copy

hardware – hardware

hash table – hash table

header file – header file

heap – heap

help file – help file

hierarchical data – hierarchical data

hierarchy – hierarchy

high level – high level

hook – hook

Host (application) – Host application

hot key – hot key

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) – HyperText Markup Language

HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) – HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTP pipeline – HTTP pipeline

hyperlink – hyperlink

I

icon – icon

IDE (Integrated Development Environment) – Integrated Development Environment

identifier – identifier

IDL (Interface Definition Language) – Interface Definition Language

idle time – idle time

if and only if – if and only if

IL (Intermediate Language) – Intermediate Language

image – image

IME – Input Method Editor

immediate base – immediate base

immediate derived – immediate derived

immediate updating – immediate updating

implement – implement

implementation – implementation

implicit – implicit

implicit transaction – implicit transaction

import – import

incremental update – incremental update

Independent Set – Independent Set

index – index

infinite loop – infinite loop

infinite recursive – infinite recursive

information – information

inheritance – inheritance

initialization – initialization

initialization list – initialization list

initialize – initialize

inline – inline

inline expansion – inline expansion

inner join – inner join

instance – instance

instantiated – instantiated

instantiation – instantiation

integrate – integrate

integrity – integrity

integrity constraint – integrity constraint

interacts – interacts

interface – interface

interoperability – interoperability

interpreter – interpreter

introspection – introspection

invariants – invariants

invoke – invoke

isolation level – isolation level

item – item

iterate – iterate

iteration – iteration

iterative – iterative

iterator – iterator

J

JIT compilation – JIT compilation

Job Scheduling – Job Scheduling

K

key – key

key column – key column

L

left outer join – left outer join

level – level

library – library

lifetime – lifetime

Linear Programming – Linear Programming

link – link

linkage – linkage

linker – linker

list – list

list box – list box

literal constant – literal constant

livelock – livelock

load – load

load balancing – load balancing

loader – loader

local – local

local object – local object

lock – lock

log – log

login – login

login security mode – login security mode

lookup table – lookup table

loop – loop

loose coupling – loose coupling

lvalue – lvalue

M

machine code – machine code

macro – macro

maintain – maintain

managed code – managed code

Managed Extensions – Managed Extensions

managed object – managed object

manifest – manifest

many-to-many relationship – many-to-many relationship

many-to-one relationship – many-to-one relationship

marshal – marshal

Matching – Matching

member – member

member access operator – member access operator

member function – member function

member initialization list – member initialization list

memory – memory

memory leak – memory leak

menu – menu

message – message

message based – message based

message loop – message loop

message queuing – message queuing

metadata – metadata

metaprogramming – metaprogramming

method – method

micro – micro

middle tier – middle tier

middleware – middleware

modeling – modeling

modeling language – modeling language

modem – modem

modifier – modifier

module – module

most derived class – most derived class

mouse – mouse

multi-tasking – multi-tasking

multi-thread – multi-thread

multicast delegate – multicast delegate

multithreaded server application – multithreaded server application

multiuser – multiuser

mutable – mutable

mutex – mutex

N

named parameter – named parameter

named pipe – named pipe

namespace – namespace

native – native

native code – native code

nested class – nested class

nested query – nested query

nested table – nested table

network – network

network card – network card

Network Flow – Network Flow

O

object – object

object based – object based

object model – object model

object oriented – object oriented

ODBC data source – ODBC data source

ODBC driver – ODBC driver

one-to-many relationship – one-to-many relationship

one-to-one relationship – one-to-one relationship

operating system (OS) – operating system

operation – operation

operator – operator

option – option

outer join – outer join

overflow – overflow

overload – overload

override – override

P

package – package

packaging – packaging

palette – palette

parallel – parallel

parameter – parameter

parameter list – parameter list

parameterize – parameterize

parent class – parent class

parentheses – parentheses

parse – parse

parser – parser

part – part

partial specialization – partial specialization

pass by reference – pass by reference

pass by value – pass by value

pattern – pattern

persistence – persistence

pixel – pixel

placeholder – placeholder

platform – platform

Point Location – Point Location

pointer – pointer

polymorphism – polymorphism

pooling – pooling

pop up – pop up

port – port

postfix – postfix

precedence – precedence

prefix – prefix

preprocessor – preprocessor

primary key (PK) – primary key

primary table – primary table

primitive type – primitive type

print – print

printer – printer

procedure – procedure

process – process

program – program

programmer – programmer

programming – programming

progress bar – progress bar

project – project

property – property

protocol – protocol

pseudo code – pseudo code

Q

qualified – qualified

qualifier – qualifier

quality – quality

queue – queue

R

radio button – radio button

random number – random number

Random Number Generation – Random Number Generation

range – range

rank – rank

raw – raw

re-direction – re-direction

readOnly – readOnly

record – record

recordset – recordset

recursion – recursion

recursive – recursive

refactoring – refactoring

refer – refer

reference – reference

reflection – reflection

refresh data – refresh data

register – register

regular expression – regular expression

relational database – relational database

remote – remote

remote request – remote request

represent – represent

resolution – resolution

resolve – resolve

result set – result set

retrieve data – retrieve data

return – return

return type – return type

return value – return value

revoke – revoke

right outer join – right outer join

robust – robust

robustness – robustness

roll back – roll back

roll forward – roll forward

routine – routine

row – row

rowset – rowset

RPC (remote procedure call) – Remote Procedure Call

runtime – runtime

rvalue – rvalue

S

Satisfiability – Satisfiability

save – save

savepoint – savepoint

SAX (Simple API for XML) – Simple API for XML

scalable – scalable

schedule – schedule

scheduler – scheduler

schema – schema

scope – scope

screen – screen

scroll bar – scroll bar

SDK (Software Development Kit) – Software Development Kit

sealed class – sealed class

search – search

Searching – Searching

semantics – semantics

sequential container – sequential container

serial – serial

serialization/serialize – serialization

server – server

session – session

Set and String Problems – Set and String Problems

Set Cover – Set Cover

Set Data Structures – Set Data Structures

Set Packing – Set Packing

setter – setter

side effect – side effect

signature – signature

single-threaded – single-threaded

slider – slider

slot – slot

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

snapshot – snapshot

snapshot – snapshot

stored procedure – stored procedure

stream – stream

string – string

String Matching – String Matching

stub – stub

subobject – subobject

subquery – subquery

subscript operator – subscript operator

support – support

suspend – suspend

symbol – symbol

syntax – syntax

system databases – system databases

system tables – system tables

T

table – table

table-level constraint – table-level constraint

target – target

task switch – task switch

TCP (Transport Control Protocol) – Transport Control Protocol

template – template

temporary object – temporary object

temporary table – temporary table

text – text

Text Compression – Text Compression

text file – text file

thin client – thin client

third-party – third-party

thread – thread

thread-safe – thread-safe

throw – throw

trace – trace

transaction – transaction

transaction log – transaction log

transaction rollback – transaction rollback

traverse – traverse

trigger – trigger

type – type

U

UDDI(Universary Description, Discovery and Integration) – UDDI

UML (unified modeling language) – Unified Modeling Language

unary function – unary function

unary operator – unary operator

unboxing – unboxing

underflow – underflow

Unicode – Unicode

Union query – Union query

UNIQUE constraints – UNIQUE constraints

unique index – unique index

unmanaged code – unmanaged code

unmarshal – unmarshal

unqualified – unqualified

URI (Uniform Resource identifier) – Uniform Resource Identifier

URL (Uniform Resource Locator) – Uniform Resource Locator

user – user

user interface – user interface

V

value types – value types

variable – variable

vector – vector

vendor – vendor

viable – viable

video – video

view – view

view – view

virtual function – virtual function

virtual machine – virtual machine

virtual memory – virtual memory

W

Web Services – web services

WHERE clause – WHERE clause

wildcard characters – wildcard characters

wildcard search – wildcard search

window – window

window function – window function

window procedure – window procedure

Windows authentication – Windows authentication

wizard – wizard

word – word

write enable – write enable

write-only – write-only

WSDL (Web Service Description Language) – Web Service Description Language

X

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) – eXtensible Markup Language

XML Message Interface (XMI) – XML Message Interface

XSD (XML Schema Definition) – XML Schema Definition

XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) – eXtensible Stylesheet Language

XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) – eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation

xxx based – xxx based

xxx oriented – xxx oriented