Web Services[c] Theory and Practice

Virtual and dynamic system clustering on the same machine by dividing the machine s resources into multiple virtual machines.

Microsoft s now beleaguered single sign-on service for the Web.

Fancy way to say a string of data within an XML DTD.

Adobe Systems highly popular scheme for creating lavishly formatted documents that are platform independent.

Incisive framework for facilitating secure but at the same time easy-to-use public-key encryption and digital signatures.

A Web-based, easy-to-use focal point of access to a diverse range of content, services, resources, and applications.

Content channel or an application window within an overall portal view.

Data encryption scheme that uses a pair of associated keys, known as public and private keys, for encryption and decryption.

The likes of AOL, Yahoo!, Lycos, and Excite, where the primary business of the portal per se is that of running the portal for revenue and profit.

Interpreted, open -source, object-oriented programming language supported on many platforms.