Middleware is a computer software that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. It can be described as `software glue`. Middleware makes it easier for software developers to perform communication and input/output, so they can focus on the specific purpose of their application. Middleware is the.....
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[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 complex distributed applications. It includes web server...
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Computer software for connecting software applications, in particular used to support interactive applications
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(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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Software that mediates between different types of hardware and software on a network, so that they can function together.
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(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 distributed comuting environment, it has become a...
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A software package that enables a programmer or programming team to build a game or assets for a game. 3D engines, modeling tools, stuff like that. Supplements rather than replaces an SDK.
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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and servers designed to take content from otherwise incompatible back-end data sources (often legacy - that is outdated - systems) and pass it on to Web front-ends.
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Software that operates between the application and the control program, providing a single programming interface for an application.
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