| API | Application Programming Interface |
| AAPI | Applet Application Programming Interface |
| AWT | Abstract Windowing Toolkit |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| DTD | Document Type Definition |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP | HyperText Transport Protocol |
| IDE | Integrated Development Environment |
| jdb | The Java debugger |
| JDBC | Java DataBase Connectivity. A database access API from JavaSoft you can use to access databases with Java programs |
| JDK | The Java Developers Kit |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| ODBC | Open Database Connectivity |
| OO | Object Oriented |
| OOD | Object Oriented Design |
| OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
| SGML | Standard Generalised Markup Language |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TSR | Terminate and Stay Resident |
| UDP | Unreliable Datagram Protocol |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| VRML | Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| XOR | eXclusive OR |
