[quote]Welcome to acronym hell. Sometimes I wonder if this whole Java/J2EE thing would have failed miserably, had it not been for the availability of the A-R-chive acronym derivatives. As you breeze through literature and Web sites that discuss Java and J2EE, you will see such acronyms as RAR, WAR, JAR, EAR, and possibly even TAR.
I predict that someday, Java and J2EE will enable you to jump in a CAR, drive to the BAR, get in a WAR discussing PAR, hit somebody with an OAR and then turn and run FAR.
Where’s my rimshot? But seriously folks…even if you are unfamiliar with any of the other extensions, you more than likely have encountered a file with a .jar extension or a discussion of JAR files.[/quote]
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