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and servers designed to take content from otherwise incompatible back-end data sources (often legacy - that is outdated - systems) and pass it on to Web front-ends.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
   [distributed applications] Middleware in the context of distributed applications is software that provides services beyond those provided by the operating system to enable the various components of a distributed system to communicate and manage data. Middleware supports and simplifies comple...
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9. Middleware
   Software that mediates between different types of hardware and software on a network, so that they can function together.
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10. Middleware
    In its most general sense, middleware is computer software that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. Thus middleware is not obviously part of an operating system, not a database management system, and neither is it part of one software applica...
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