Section Explanation

Index Categories. This section provides keywords on which this technology may be indexed. Beside providing the name of the technology, it provides keywords in the following categories:

• Application category. This category refers to how this technology would be employed, either in support of operational systems (perhaps in a particular phase of the life cycle) or in actual operation of systems (for example, to provide system security).
• Quality measures category. This is a list of those quality attributes (e.g., reliability or responsiveness) that are influenced in some way by the application of this technology.
• Computing Reviews category. This category describes the technical subdiscipline within Computer Science into which the technology falls. The category is based on the ACM Computing Reviews Classification System developed in 1991 (and currently undergoing revision). A complete description of the Classification System and its contents can be found in any January issue of Computing Surveys or in the annual ACM Guide to Computing Literature.