DNS - Domain Name System. The standard Internet protocol for mapping between textual "domain names" humans use to identify specific computers, and the binary IP addresses computers understand. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system for more details.
E4X (ECMAScript for XML) - "a set of programming language extensions adding native XML support to ECMAScript [JavaScript]." See http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm for full details.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol. An older, common protocol for transferring files between machines over the internet. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol for details.
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The main protocol underlying the World Wide Web. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol for details.
IP - Internet Protocol. The core protocol used on the Internet for sending packets of information between machines, on which all other Internet protocols are based. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol for details.
JavaScript - the primary scripting language for Mirth. Mirth uses the open source Rhino implementation. See http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/ for more information.
JDBC - Java Database Connectivity. A Java API for accessing databases. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDBC for more information.
JMS - Java Message Service. A messaging standard for Java applications. See http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Ecommerce/jms/ for an overview.
LLP - Lower Level Protocol. The standard protocol used for exchanging HL7 messages over networks. See http://www.hl7.org/ for more information.
Mule - an open source messaging platform based on Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) concepts used as the core of Mirth. See http://mule.mulesource.org/display/MULE/Home for more information.
ODBC - Open Database Connectivity. A standard language-neutral API for database access. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_database_connectivity for more information.
PDF - Portable Document Format. A common file format for formatted text document interchange originally created by Adobe Systems and since recast as an open standard. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format for more information.
RTF - Rich Text Format. A proprietary file format for formatted text documented interchange created by Microsoft. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_text_format for more information.
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The standard Internet protocol for sending email messages. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smtp for more information.
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP for an overview.
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol. The standard connection-based communication protocol on which most Internet protocols are based.
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier. A globally unique (across all web services) name for a web-accessible resource of some kind. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier for the gory technical details.
URL - Uniform Resource Locator. A global unique (across all web services) location where a web-accessible resource may be found. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator for the gory technical details.
Velocity. An open source template processing engine used by Mirth. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Velocity.
WSDL - Web Services Description Language. A standard XML-based language for describing web services. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language for technical details.
XML - Extensible Markup Language. An open standard for a general-purpose markup language, now commonly used to store various kinds of data in a semi-human-readable way. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML for technical details.
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