Educational Glossary IV
Database Backend: used to store educational objects -- curricula, grades, quizzes; personal data (students and teachers); assessment logs; multimedia records of classes
Web-linked database: A database used with a Web client front end. This can use various technologies:
- Perl CGI Scripts such as oraperl for Oracle
- Template based Web front-ends such as Cold Fusion
- Specialized solutions such as Oracle Web Server and Lotus Notes
- Good but out-dated solutions such as PL/SQL generating HTML from Oracle database
- General JDBC Java or Javabean (componentware) modules