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ASP.NET AJAX, mostly called AJAX, is a set of extensions of ASP.NET. It is developed by Microsoft to implement AJAX functionalities in Web applications. ASP.NET AJAX provides a set of components that enable the developers to develop applications that can update only a specified portion of data without refreshing the entire page. The ASP.NET AJAX works with the AJAX Library that uses object-oriented programming (OOP) to develop rich Web applications that communicate with the server using asynchronous postback.

PEAR(PHP Extension and Application Repository) is a framework and repository for reusable PHP components. PEAR is a code repository containing all kinds of php code snippets and libraries. 

PEAR also offers a command-line interface that can be used to automatically install "packages".

strstr() returns part of a given string from the first occurrence of a given substring to the end of the string.
For example:
strstr("user@example.com","@") will return "@example.com".

stristr() is idential to strstr() except that it is case insensitive.

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a relatively new phenomenon and are gaining popularity rapidly. This post outlines the key features of an ETF.

ETFs are like mutual funds because they hold an underlying asset like stocks, debt, commodities future contracts etc. If you are new to the concept of an ETF, think of it as a mutual fund, and build your understanding from thereon. An example of an ETF is the SBI Gold ETF, which holds physical gold as its underlying asset.

These days channel members are being accepted by companies as their partners. The intermediaries are even being asked to integrate their business with the companies which results in lesser costs, greater efficiency and improved customer service. Corporates like Airtel are adopting PRM (Partner relationship management) software to give that added advantage to their supply chain. They organise rewards and recognition programs for their channel partners and also organise proper channels though which partners can vent any of their grievances relating to payments, violation of codes etc.

If you mark an instance variable as transient, you're telling the JVM to skip (ignore) this variable when you attempt to serialize the object containing it.

Some of the rules which should be followed while naming a variable in VB are as follows: 

1) Characters should be less than 255.

2) Space between characters should be allowed.

3) A variable should begin with a number.

4) Period may not be permitted.

- %FOUND

 This is a Boolean variable which evaluates to TRUE if the last row is successfully fetched.

- %NOTFOUND

 This is a Boolean variable which evaluates to TRUE if the last row is not successfully fetched. This means there are no more rows to fetch.

- %ROWCOUNT

 Returns the number of rows fetched by the cursor.

- %ISOPEN

If the cursor is open, it evaluates to TRUE else FALSE.