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The statements that describe the metadata definitions.

The statements that allow data in a SQL Server database to be stored, retrieved, modified, or deleted.

A SQL Server data pump that allows data to be imported or exported from SQL Server while being scrubbed or massaged.

A collection of data which usually more than one user can access at the same time. The database maintains its own data integrity and security. There can, and typically will be, be a number of databases per SQL Server.

Distributed version of COM. Permits COM applications to communicate between different physical servers.

A multilayered approach to software design architecture created by Microsoft. By using a DNA approach, developers separate the user interface from the business logic and database store.

A tool that manages transactions across multiple SQL Servers.

See Distributed iNternet Architecture.

Document Type Definition. Describes how tags and nesting levels may be used in an XML document.

Enterprise Application Integration. The process of linking different IT systems together, often with difficult-to-manage interfaces.

Electronic Data Interchange. Industrywide standard for sending inter- company business data.

Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport. An EDI standard.

An EDI-based standard for data interchange.

SQL code that is embedded in an application and precompiled before execution.

Global XML Architecture. An IBM and Microsoft initiative to improve standards around Web Services.

The result of applying a cryptographic hash function to a piece of data.

HyperText Transfer Protocol. An Internet standard protocol for connecting systems across the World Wide Web.

HyperText Transfer Protocol/Secure. A secure version of HTTP (qv).

HyperText Markup Language. A format used to publish documents on the World Wide Web.