Chapter 15 Flashcards
ODBC, OLE-DB, and ADO.NET form the backbone of the _____ architecture.
UDA
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), a superset of the SQL Access Group Call Level Interface
(CLI), is implemented by _____.
Microsoft
A(n) _____ is a unique name by which the data source will be known to ODBC, and therefore, to
applications.
DSN
In the context of OLE-DB, a _____ is an object (application or process) that requests and uses
data.
Consumer
In the OLE-DB model, the _____ acts like a data consumer of the data provider and as a data
provider for the data consumer (end-user application).
Service Provider
A(n) _____ is a program written in a programming language that is not compiled, but is
interpreted and executed at run time.
Script
_____ provides a unified interface to access data from any programming language that uses the
underlying OLE-DB objects.
ActiveX Data Objects
The Microsoft _____ framework is a component-based platform for developing distributed,
heterogeneous, interoperable applications aimed at manipulating any type of data over any
network under any operating system and any programming language.
.NET
_____ is an application programming interface that allows a Java program to interact with a wide
range of data sources (relational databases, tabular data sources, spreadsheets, and text files).
Java Database Connectivity JDBC
_____ webpages are at the heart of current generation websites.
Dynamic
APIs are faster than _____ scripts because the code resides in memory and there is no need to run
an external program for each request.
CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
Regardless of the type of web server interface used, a web-to-database _____ program must be
able to connect with a database.
Middleware
A web _____ server is a middleware application that expands the functionality of web servers by
linking them to a wide range of services.
Application
To prevent the server from performing all data validation, _____ data input validation is one of
the most basic requirements for web applications.
Client-side
_____, or transactions done over the Internet, enables all types of organizations to sell products
and services to a global market.
E-Commerce
XML is derived from the _____, an international standard for the publication and distribution of
highly complex technical documents.
SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)
XML tags must be well formed, that is, each opening tag must have a corresponding _____ tag.
Closing
A(n) _____ provides limited additional semantic value to XML, such as data type support or data
validation rules
DTD (Document Type Definition)
A DBMS that supports _____ exchanges can integrate with external systems such as the web,
mobile data, and legacy systems, thus enabling the creation of new types of systems.
XML
XML is used to create _______ vocabularies for entire industries.
Metadictionaries
