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IntelliJ IDEA vs NetBeans terminology

NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA use different names for similar entities. It is important to understand the difference between the terminologies of both IDEs. In this section you can find a table of mappings between the NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA terms.

NetBeansIntelliJ IDEA
ProjectModule
Project-specific JDKModule SDK
Global libraryGlobal library
Project libraryModule library
Project dependencyModule dependency
Last modified: 08 March 2021