A meeting that is held at the end of an iteration in Agile Software Development (ASD). During the retrospective, the team reflects on what happened in the iteration and identifies actions for improvement going forward.

A software development methodology that focuses on keeping code simple, testing often, and delivering functional bits of the application as soon as they're ready. The goal of ASD is to build upon small client-approved parts as the project progresses.  

One of the two most-used audio file formats in the Apple Macintosh OS.  AIFF is sometimes referred to as "Apple Interchange File Format". The extension for this file type is ".aif" when it is used on a PC. On a Mac, the file extension is not needed.   

An open operating system from IBM that is based on a version of UNIX. AIX/ESA was designed for IBM's System/390 or large server hardware platform. AIX/6000 is an operating system that runs on IBM's workstation platform, the RISC System/6000.

A method of building interactive applicationsfor the Web that process user requests immediately. It combines several programming tools including JavaScript, DHTML, XML, CSS, DOM, Microsoft Object, and XMLHttpRequest. 

Aldon is a business unit of Rocket Software, that develops software change management products for the enterprise application lifecycle management (ALM) and software change management (SCM) markets. Its products include Aldon Lifecycle Manager, Aldon Community Manager, Aldon Deployment Manager and Aldon CMDB.

Alexa Rank is provided to websites based primarily on tracking a sample set of internet traffic through users of its toolbar for the Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. The ranking system is not just based on Alexa Toolbar, but other data sources.

The algorithm is a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations to get the job done.

All in One SEO Pack is the most widely used plugin in Wordpress sites. It helps you configure SEO for every page and article of your website easily and get traffic from search engines.

Allegro is a multi-market commodity software solution provider, offering real-time intelligence and decision-making capabilities that improve the management of physical and financial positions, optimize assets and portfolios, and manage risk.

  A.k.a. Aloha method, it refers to a simple communication scheme in which each source in a network sends data whenever there is a frame to send. If the frame successfully reaches the destination, the next frame is sent.  Else, the frame is resent.

A 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), designed to replace the 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computer (CISC) ISA and its implementations. 

A search engine that can search full-texts, graphic images and tell you who is linked to your own Web pages. Its search robot, known as Scooter, can collect data from 3 million Web pages per day. Its indexer, Ni2, indexes 1 GB of data per hour.

  A feature of Windows New Technology File System (NTFS) that contains metadata for locating a specific file by author or title. ADS is supported by all versions of Windows beginning with Windows NT through the current version, Windows 7.

Altiris Inc. is a subsidiary of Symantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets.

  An open source web editor hosted by W3C. It is written in C and is available for Windows, Unix platforms, and MacOS X.