ADempiere Application Server

The ADempiere Application Server is a program which runs on a server and provides services to all the clients and provides the web interface. The Application Server performs a number of tasks for all the users such as posting accounting information, running scheduled tasks and managing the document automation.

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning - the integrated management of core business processes, often in real-time and mediated by software and technology. ERP often refers to the software application used.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator - the address of a web page, typically in the form http://www.webpage.com.

Web Start

In computing, Java Web Start (also known as JavaWS, javaws or JAWS) is a framework developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) that allows users to start application software for the Java Platform directly from the Internet using a web browser.