Beginning XML Databases (Wrox Beginning Guides)

A database or application using a very out-of-date database engine or application tools or SDKs.

Local data types and local variables are available only within the scope and context of which they are defined. So if one procedure defines a variable abc , then the variable abc will not exist with the procedural set value outside of that procedure.

A concept applying to the sharing of data, in that as one process changes data, that data must be partially or completely locked, thus maintaining consistency of the data in a database.

A programming construct used to execute a sequence of one or more commands, repetitively.