(In topic `Middleware & EAI`) DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is Microsoft`s technology for supporting objects distributed across a network. It defines the RPC which allows distributed objects to be run remotely over the network. DCOM is based on COM and is Microsoft`s counterpart to CORBA. Unlike CORBA, DCOM is presently only implemented... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20477