So I have the interview coming up and I thought I would read over some of the technologies that they will be asking me about. Some things I already know a lot about, but other things spacific to the web-industry I don't actually know much more than theory. When I try to read over the documentation and specifications I run into all kinds of "buzz-words" which don't seem to have a clear meaning to me. I GUESS I will get the jist of it after I see them enough, but I was wondering if there is a place to get some definitions (so I don't guess wrong and look like an idiot on my interview).


Lets start with the word Enterprise - a complicated undertaking, a business organization, an activity directed twards profit.

So an Enterprise Edition of a programing language is one geared towards business organizations undertaking large projects directed towards a profit? Or an edition geared towards multi-tiered web development? Or both?

Enterprise Application - ??? I am just not sure anymore. I think it has to do with internet based applications that connect with a server backend (which may in-turn have to access a database or other data source)... i.e a multi-tiered program.

Enterprise Services - accessing data though the internet?

Enterprse Content - I assume that if I get the others right this one will make sence. I assume that this refers to internet business webpages.

Solution - Call me old fashioned but didn't this mean something that solves 1 or more problems. I guess this now means, "a marketable product that if used right will produce less headaches than the other guys software."

Web Based Solution - a web version of the above?

Content Management - The ablity to store, organize, and extract data in a presentable format?

Content Integration -

Portal - I thought this was a web site which directed you to other places on the web. Search engines, directories, FTP servers even... I guess this now means any program which resembles google i.e. has email and search and groups etc.

When I think enterprise in any application, I think about an application that will work on a large scale. This would include user management, deployment, scalability, supportability, security, etc.

This would be the difference between using outlook express with pop3 accounts, and using outlook with an exchange server. Both will work just fine, but one is really geared toward enterprise use.