JBoss - JBoss JBoss (pronounced Jay Boss) is an open source, Java based application server. Because it is Java based, JBoss can be used on any operating system that supports Java. It is open source, but a company (also named JBoss) creates it. The company has a tech consultation service, but the consultants spend half of their time programming. JBoss implements the entire J2EE suite of services. The Sims Online uses JBoss to run its multiplayer games. See also Jetty Tomcat Geronimo JOnAS.
Java Naming and Directory Interface - used way of naming an object. A name is bound to an object in the directory. This is done by storing either the object or a reference to the object in the directory service identified by the name. The JNDI API defines a context that specifies where to look for an object. The initial context is typically used as a starting point. In the simplest case, an initial context must be created using the specific implementation and extra parameters required by the implementation. The initial context will be used to lookup a name. The initial context is analogous to the root or top of a directory tree for a file system. Below is an example of creating an initial context: Hashtable args = new Hashtable(); //first you must specify the context.
Application server - It remains to be seen if the prediction comes true or whether the late 90s interest turns out to have been a fad. This term is used wildly as a buzzword in the fields of: Distributed computing - denoting a computer running some part of some distributed computation task Software components - denoting a "component farm", i.e. a computer stuffed with software components ready to answer calls for usage Web services - denoting a machine running applications which will answer to inteface calls over HTTP and XML See also Application service provider Citrix Systems JBoss Geronimo JOnAS.
The Sims Online - would become the most popular massively multiplayer game. As of early 2004 this is not the case; TSO has seen only a fraction of the subscription numbers aimed for by the game's publisher, Electronic Arts. Technically notable is that the Maxis servers behind The Sims Online run the open source software JBoss..
