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document root

Computer; Workstations

The top-level directory of a WAR. The document root is where JSP pages, client-side classes and archives, and static Web resources are stored.

bean-managed transaction

Computer; Workstations

A transaction whose boundaries are defined by an enterprise bean.

common exceptions

Computer; Workstations

The three floating point exceptions overflow, invalid, and division are collectively referred to as the common exceptions for the purposes of ieee_flags(3m) and ieee_handler(3m). ...

container-managed transaction

Computer; Workstations

A transaction whose boundaries are defined by an EJB container. An entity bean must use container-managed transactions.

biased exponent

Computer; Workstations

The sum of the base-2 exponent and a constant (bias) chosen to make the stored exponent's range non-negative. For example, the exponent of 2-100 is stored in IEEE single precision ...

blocked state

Computer; Workstations

A thread is waiting for a resource or data; such as, return data from a pending disk read, or waiting for another thread to unlock a resource.

IEEE Standard 754

Computer; Workstations

The standard for binary floating-point arithmetic developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, published in 1985.