Glossary

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

abstraction

accented characters

access key

ActiveX component

ActiveX control

Active Document

aggregate function

alias

alternate index

ANSI

API

append

application

argument

arithmetic operator

array

ASCII

Automation

Automation server

B

back-end data

backlink

band

base class

base table

basic optimizable expression

binary file

bitwise

BOF

bound control

breakpoint

browse

browse sequence

buffer

buffered updates

builder lock

builders

C

calculated field

candidate index

caption

.CDX file

CGI

character expression

check box

child table

class

class library

clause

cleanup code

client/server

clipboard

code page

combo box

command

command button

command button group

compact single-entry index

comparison operator

compiler directive

compound index file

conditional branching

configuration

configuration file

conflict

connection

constant

constraints

container classes

context string

control

control array

control break

control character

control classes

control source

coverage

criteria

cross-tab query

cross-tab report

cursor

custom control

D

data binding

data definition language

data dictionary

data environment

data grouping

data session

data source

data type

data warehouse

database

database table

DBCS

DDL

deadlock

debug

default

default value

delimiter

dependent object

design time

detail band

development environment

diacritical marks

dimension

DLL

docked

dynamic-link library

drag and drop

E

edit box

element

embed

encapsulation

EOF

equi-join

escape sequence

event

event code

event-driven programming

event loop

executable program

execution plan

expression

F

field

field-level rule

file skeleton

filter

flag

FLL

floating

foreign key

form

form set

forward link

FoxPro link library

free table

friendly name

FTP

function

G

gateway

generated code

generated name

globally unique identifier

grid

group band

group footer

group header

grouping records

H

handle

home page

hot spot

HTML

HTTP

hypergraphic

I

.IDX file

image

in-process

independent .IDX

index

index file

inheritance

inner join

input mask

instance

international characters

IP address

ISAPI

J

join

join condition

join operator

jump

junction table

K

key

keyword

L

label

lifetime

ligature

line

link

list box

local alias

local data

local variable

local view

locale

locked

logical operator

long names

looping

M

macro

macro substitution

main Visual FoxPro window

main file

main report

many-to-many relationship

mark character

MDI

menu

menu bar

menu item

menu title

menu system

merge conflict

metafile

method

Microsoft Visual Modeler

modal

modeless

multiple-document interface (MDI) application

multiple instances

multi-tiered view

N

named connection

name expression

native data

non-compact single-entry index

nonscrolling region

normalize

null value

O

object

object-oriented programming

object modeler

ODBC

one-to-many relationship

one-to-one relationship

OOP

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

optimistic buffering

option button group

outer join

out-of-process

P

page

page footer

page header

parameter

parent table

partial seek

pass by reference

pass by value

pass-through query

persistence

persistent relationship

pessimistic buffering

pixel

polymorphism

point

precedence

primary index

primary key

primary table

private variable

procedure

profiling

progressive fetching

project

projection list

property

public variable

Q

qualified

query

R

record

record-level rule

referential integrity

registry

regular index

related table

relation

relational database

relational operator

remote call procedure

remote data

remote view

report band

report detail band

report footer band

report header band

resolving a reference

resource file

rule

run time

Rushmore technology

S

schema

scope

SDI

secondary window

selection criteria

self-join

server

session

set-based data

setting

setup code

shape

shortcut menu

single-document interface (SDI) application

skeleton

sort order

spinner

SQL

SQL pass-through

SQL Server

stack

stand-alone .IDX

stored procedure

string literal

structural compound index

Structured Query Language

stub

subclass

subscript

summary band

syntax

system object

system variable

T

tab

tab order

table

tags

TCP/IP

template

temporary relationship

text box

text file

three-tiered diagram

timer

title band

tool lock

toolbar

topN query

transaction

trigger

twip

U

UDC

UDF

unary operator

unique index

upsizing

URL

user-defined class

user-defined function

V

validation

variable

view

view definition

visibility

visual editing

W

wildcard

wizard

work area

World Wide Web (WWW)

X, Y, Z

Xbase

zero-length string

zoom

z-order