Middleware

Middleware definition - hacker
An application connecting two separate applications.

Middleware systems provide functionality such as distribution of components, deployment, and transaction services that developers can integrate into their own applications without having to worry about implementation details.

In 2006, MicrosoftÂ’s .NET architecture and various implementations of Sun MicrosystemsÂ’ J2EE Standard were popular forms of middleware.

Symantec Security Response. Glossary. [Online, July 15, 2004.] Symantec Security Response Website. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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