Java Glossary

Last updated 1998 June 16 by Roedy Green ©1996-1998 Canadian Mind Products.

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Zeus
a Java editor with syntax colouring.
Zip
PkWare's public domain file archiving and compression format. Sun has extended it in its JAR files to have a formal table of contents. Beware "class.zip" its members may be archived but not compressed. The classes in java.util.zip will let you create and read zip or jar files. See Archive, GZIP.
ZMODEM
Chuck Forsberg's fast file transfer protocol. It is designed to work well on packet nets, were it takes considerable time for data packets to wend their way from end to end. If the phone connection is broken, ZMODEM can pick up where it left off.

Acknowledgements

I could not possibly have written this article without a lot of help from many BIXen, especially Thomas Wagner of Germany and Jan Sinstadt of Switzerland. The information on the various MNP levels came from the Cardinal 2400 BPS MNP modem manual. The information on the more recent standards came from Kelly Boan. Stephen Satchell provided information on 28K modems. Wimsey Information Services provided much of the information on Internet at a lecture. Alan Clarke of Hayes provided information on some of the more obscure CCITT standards.


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