A |
API
|
Application Programming Interface |
Application
(or Applet) |
A software product that uses (includes) the
POP3 component |
B |
Bean
|
A bean is a JavaBeans component. It is an
independent, reusable software module. Beans may be visible objects,
like AWT components, or invisible objects, like queues and stacks. A
builder/integration tool manipulates Beans to create applets and
applications.
Note : This is not strictly true with the
POP3 suite of beans which can work only as part of an application and
not an applet due to security restrictions that apply to applets |
C |
Component
|
A piece of software isolated into a discrete,
easily reusable structure. |
E |
E-Mail |
Correspondence
in the form of messages transmitted between user terminals over a
computer network. |
J |
Java
|
An object-oriented programming language
developed by Sun Microsystems. Java programs are compiled into class
files that can run on any computer platform that has a Java Virtual
Machine. |
JavaBeans
|
A portable, platform-independent component
model, based on Java. The model allows creation of small, reusable,
software components. A visual builder program combines components from
different sources to create applications quickly and easily. |
M |
MIME
(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) |
MIME , the multi-purpose
Internet Mail Extensions, is a freely available set of specifications
that offers a way to interchange text in languages with different
character sets, and multi-media e-mail among many different computer
systems that use Internet mail standards. |
P |
POP3
(Post Office Protocol) |
Post Office
Protocol is intended to permit a workstation to dynamically access a
mail drop on a server i.e to retrieve mail that the server is holding
for it. |
S |
Socks
Server |
Facilitates connection outside the firewall |