AppDev

Parallels Desktop for Mac is desktop virtualization software that allows Microsoft Windows, Linux and Google Chrome OSes and applications to run on an Apple Mac computer.

Remote desktop protocol (RDP) is a secure network communications protocol from Microsoft.

Mobile application development is the set of processes and procedures involved in writing software for small, wireless computing devices.

Customer service is the support that organizations offer to customers before and after purchasing a product or service.

Facebook is a social networking website that was founded in February 2004 by Harvard University students Chris Hughes, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg.

Multichannel marketing refers to the practice by which companies interact with customers via multiple channels, both direct and indirect, in order to sell them goods and services.

A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make up a self-contained, executable Java application, deployable Java applet or, most commonly, a Java library to which any Java Runtime Environment can link.

An embedded Tomcat server consists of a single Java web application along with a full Tomcat server distribution, packaged together and compressed into a single JAR, WAR or ZIP file.

Hibernate is an open source object relational mapping (ORM) tool that provides a framework to map object-oriented domain models to relational databases for web applications.

Linux is a Unix-like, open source and community-developed operating system (OS) for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices and embedded devices.

Boot2Docker is a minimalist Linux distribution with the sole purpose to run Docker containers. It was depreciated and is no longer recommended for use.

A shadow password file, also known as /etc/shadow, is a system file in Linux that stores encrypted user passwords and is accessible only to the root user, preventing unauthorized users or malicious actors from breaking into the system.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Windows server role that can plan, manage and deploy updates, patches and hotfixes for Windows servers, client operating systems and other Microsoft software.

Scareware is a type of malware tactic used to manipulate victims into downloading or buying potentially malware-infested software.

Microsoft Windows Hello is a biometric identity and access control feature that supports fingerprint scanners, iris scanners and facial recognition technology on compatible devices running Windows.

Perl is a family of script programming languages that is similar in syntax to the C language.

Xen is the open source hypervisor included in the Linux kernel and, as such, it is available in all Linux distributions.

Linux is a Unix-like, open source and community-developed operating system (OS) for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices and embedded devices.

A command-line interface (CLI) is a text-based user interface (UI) used to run programs, manage computer files and interact with the computer.

A deadlock is a situation in which two computer programs sharing the same resource are effectively preventing each other from accessing the resource, resulting in both programs ceasing to function.

A system restore point is a backup copy of important Windows operating system (OS) files and settings that can be used to recover the system to an earlier point of time in the event of system failure or instability.

Lean software development is a concept that emphasizes optimizing efficiency and minimizing waste in the development of software.

Abstraction (from the Latin abs, meaning away from and trahere, meaning to draw) is the process of taking away or removing characteristics from something in order to reduce it to a set of essential characteristics.

Runtime is a piece of code that implements portions of a programming language's execution model.

Lean software development is a concept that emphasizes optimizing efficiency and minimizing waste in the development of software.

Customer service is the support that organizations offer to customers before and after purchasing a product or service.

CICS (Customer Information Control System) is middleware that sits between the z/OS IBM mainframe operating system and business applications.

Web services are a type of internet software that use standardized messaging protocols and are made available from an application service provider's web server for use by a client or other web-based programs.

Review this definition to learn about open APIs, also known as a public APIs, including their associated benefits, industry use cases and unique attributes.

An enterprise service bus (ESB) is a software platform used to distribute work among connected components of an application.