Sun Microsystems 3.0.0 user manual

Glossary

X

XML The eXtensible Markup Language, a metastandard for all kinds of textual infor- mation. XML only specifies how data in the document is organized generally and does not prescribe how to semantically organize content.

XPCOM Mozilla Cross Platform Component Object Model, a programming infrastruc- ture developed by the Mozilla browser project which is similar to Microsoft COM and allows applications to provide a modular programming interface. VirtualBox makes use of XPCOM on Linux both internally and externally to provide a com- prehensive API to third-party developers.

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