Glossary

API: application programmering interface
EMR: electronic medial record
Hibernate: An object-relational mapping tool (see hibernate.org)
JDK: Java Development Kit (allows you not only to run, but also to compile Java programs — used by developers to write Java programs)
JRE: Java Runtime Environment (allows you to run Java programs)
MySQL: an open-source database engine (see the MySQL website)
ORM: object-relational mapping, maps the world of Java objects to the relational data model of a database (see [http://www.hibernate.org Hibernate[)
URL: Uniform Resource Locator is essentially a reference to an address on the internet