Look up: middleware

1. middleware
   Software that mediates between an application program and a network. It manages the interaction between disparate applications across the heterogeneous computing platforms. The Object Request Broker (ORB), software that manages communication between objects, is an example of a middleware program.
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2. Middleware
   Applications and servers designed to take content from otherwise incompatible back-end data sources (often legacy - that is outdated - systems) and pass it on to Web front-ends.
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3. Middleware
   (In topic `Middleware & EAI`) Middleware is the layer of software which, by optimising connectivity among applications, servers and databases running on different platforms, integrates different components in a distributed, heterogeneous environment.  Since middleware is an essential element of a...
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4. Middleware
   Software that operates between the application and the control program, providing a single programming interface for an application.
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5. Middleware
   Computer software for connecting software applications, in particular used to support interactive applications
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6. middleware
   system software tailored to a particular user`s need Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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7. middleware
   (from the article `computer science`) A major disadvantage of a pure client-server approach to system design is that clients and servers must be designed together. That is, to work with a ...
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8. Middleware
   Software that mediates between different types of hardware and software on a network, so that they can function together.
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9. Middleware
   `Middleware` is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact. This technology evolved to provide for interoperability in support of the move ...
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