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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.

NetBeans

IntelliJ IDEA

Project

Module

Project-specific JDK

Module SDK

Global library

Global library

Project library

Module library

Project dependency

Module dependency

Last modified: 02 August 2022