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app container
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A separate memory space where an app executes which prevents corruption of the OS if the application fails
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app package
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The result of the packaging process containing various files into a distributable file
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AppCache
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Enables a user to load data ordinarily stored on a server even when the user if offline
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application programming interface
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a list of instructions letting a program communicate with another program
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application state
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created when the web browser sends the first request for a web page to the web server and ends when the user closes the browser
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cookies
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small files that contain information about the user and the Web site visited and are saved on the user's computer
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debugging
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detecting, finding, and correcting logical or syntactical errors
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gesture
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On a touch-screen device, a finger move
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identity permissions
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a particular kind of evidence, or credentials, that an assembly must have in order to run
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JavaScript
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a scripting language that adds interactivity to web pages
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launcher icon
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An icon that represents your application
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localStorage
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similar to sessionStorage, a javascript method to deal efficiently with state data
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markup language
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this type of language uses tags and is not "run" like a program, it is interpreted
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media queries
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a CSS3 feature that detects the user's type of screen and sizes the output accordingly
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Metro-style user interface
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the UI used by Windows 8 including features like a clean look and feel, use of the full screen, large hubs (buttons), and lateral scrolling
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namespace
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a work area for related objects
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permission sets
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groups of permissions
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persistent state information
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data that an application needs after the session ends
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platform-independent
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the ability of an application to run on different desktop and mobile device operating systems
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scripting language
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a programming language that uses scripts and requires no compiler
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session state
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created when a user first requests access to an application and ends when the user closes the session
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sessionStorage
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javascript method to deal efficiently with state data
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touch event
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a response an application takes to a gesture
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touch-screen simulator/emulator
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imitates a system that only has touch capabilities
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validator
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looks for anything that could cause the code to be interpreted incorrectly, such as missing or unclosed tags, improper DOCTYPE declaration, etc.
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Windows Runtime (WinRT)
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foundation of Win8 and is made of layers that provide functionality to Metro-style apps and the Windows shell
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Windows Store
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An online global marketplace for Metro style apps
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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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main standards body developing specifications for HTML5 which should be finalized in 2014
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