An ad server is a computer server, specifically a web server backed by a database server, that stores advertisements used in online marketing and delivers them to website visitors. The purpose of ad serving is to deliver ads to users, to manage a websites advertising space and (in the case of advertiser ad servers) to provide an independent counting and tracking system for advertisers.

A Local Area Network (LAN) that is built spontaneously as devices connect. Instead of relying on a base station to coordinate the flow of messages to each node in the network, the individual network nodes forward packets to and from each other. 

A programming language similar to Pascal. It avoids error-prone notation, is relatively quick to implement, encourages reuse and team coordination, and is relatively easy for other programmers to read.

Adabas is an enterprise database management system designed and developed by Software AG for reliability, high performance, scalability and low total cost of ownership. Adabas makes it possible to store multiple data relationships in the same table, thus there are no data redundancies, such as found in relational database systems.

In a computer, an adapter is often built into a card that can be inserted into a slot on the computer's motherboard. The card adapts information that is exchanged between the computer's microprocessor and the devices that the card supports.

A Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) from Sybase, Inc. that runs on Linux and other Unix -based operating systems, Windows NT and Windows 2000 , and Mac OS. 

Adaptive Server Enterprise Administrator Associate Certification by Sybase

Adaptive Server SQL Developer Associate Certification by Sybase

Skill Level: End User Status: ActiveFor individuals who use Autodesk design software and have the skills necessary to continue their design careers. This program is administered by CertiPort.

A protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a physical machine address that is recognized in the local network. ARP provides the protocol rules for making this correlation and providing address conversion in both directions.  

The amount of memory allocated for all possible addresses for a device, a file, a server, or a networked computer. Address space may refer to a range of either physical or virtual addresses accessible to a processor or reserved for a process. 

A professional who is responsible for managing the users and system settings of IT infrastructure or databases or networks or software.

  An application program interface that enable Windows applications to access relational or non-relational databases by including ADO program statements in an HTML file which is then identified as an Active Server Page.

ADO.NET is a set of computer software components that programmers can use to access data and data services based on disconnected DataSets and XML. It is a part of the base class library that is included with the Microsoft .NET Framework.

An American multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software products.

Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics, visual effects and compositing app developed by Adobe Systems used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. After Effects can also be used as a basic non-linear editor and a media transcoder.