Handles method invocation on (possibly) remote objects.
a spherical ball of light, allegedly the true spirit form. One theory is that orbs are the beginning of the manifestation process. Orbs can be often caught in photographs.
In object-oriented programming, software that serves as an intermediary by transparently enabling objects to exchange requests and responses.
A spherical entity appearance on photographic material.
an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
A broker that supports object-oriented programming, mediating the interaction between the client and object.
Spherical white (or sometimes coloured) form that appears on camera. Psychics can sometimes see these with the naked eye, but it is rare. The belief is that these objects are the first stage of manifestation of a spirit, they seem to move in a ‘sentient' manner and can pass through solid objects.
Object Request Broker. Software that manages message communication between requesting programs on clients and between objects on servers. ORBs pass the action request and its parameters to the object and return the results back. Common implementations are CORBA and EJBs. See also CORBA.
Object Request Broker. Program component that handles communication from a process to other processes using IIOP or other CORBA protocols. An ORB is usually used to refer to the complex of library functionality that supports CORBA for a language, such as debugging tools and IDL compilation.
Object Request Broker. Manages interaction between clients and servers including the distributed computing responsibilities of location referencing as well as coordinating parameters and results.
OPC Redundancy Broker (ORB) is a software utility that provides driver (server) level redundancy to any control system. Typically used when loss of data is unacceptable. See MatrikonOPC Redundancy Broker.
Object Request Broker. "Object brokers provide for the distribution of objects across heterogeneous platforms." "The principle behind the architecture is to allow interoperability between heterogeneous systems through the mechanisms of messages passing between ‘objects’, an object being ‘an identifiable, encapsulated entity that provides one or more services that can be requested by a client.’ Thus everything is an object - a remote printer, a document, a legacy application. For this interoperability to be achieved a ‘broker’ is required - software logic that can interpret the request being made, decide whether it should be routed, perform security checks, maybe even decide which particular method should be invoked in real time for an object, and concealing the intricacies of communications protocols. Much of the underlying technology exploits proven RPC mechanisms [ ], but the interfaces are abstracted to make the accessing of remote objects far more transparent." "ORB (Object Request Broker) [is also] a ‘standard’ defined by the OMG [Object Management Group, a vendor consortium] that consists of the mechanisms to allow centralised communication between networked objects."
Object Request Broker. Delivers a request from a client to an object implementation. ORB provides the mechanisms by which objects transparently make requests and receive responses, providing interoperability between applications on different machines in heterogeneous distributed environments.
See Object Request Broker (ORB).
Object Request Broker. Middleware that establishes the client-server relationships between objects. Provides a means for distributed object communication. Part of CORBA. Defined by the OMG.
ORB or Object Request Broker is library than enables CORBA objects to locate and communicate with one another. See also CORBA.
Middleware that allows objects to communicate with other software. See middleware and object.
Object Request Broker. In client/server applications, an interface to which the client makes a request for an object. The ORB directs the request to the server containing the object and then returns the resulting values to the client.
Object Request Broker - It acts as the middleware between clients and servers; typically receiving requests from the clients, forwarding them to the appropriate server, and then handing the results back to the client.
ORB is an acronym for Object Request Broker. The ORB acts as the intermediary between the client and the server. The Java application programming interface (API) specification provides a package called org.omg.CORBA.portable, that supports communication between the ORBs of different vendors. Iona Technologies provides an ORB for communication with Microsoft's Distributed Component Model (DCOM).
(Object Request Broker) Software that allows client components and programs to communicate with a server without having to know which physical machine runs the server. ORBs also provide a high degree of insulation between different operating systems and hardware, so a client does not have to know the server's environment to use its services.
Object Request Broker. A logical entity responsible for establishing and managing communication between a client application and a remote object in a distributed environment.
Object Request Broker. In object-oriented programming, a piece of middleware that supports communication between clients and servers. When a client invokes a method that is supported by an object server class, the ORB finds an instance of the server class, invokes the requested method, and returns the results to the requesting client. An ORB allows clients and servers to dynamically discover the other and to communicate with each other across a network.
Object Request Broker. An ORB is a program that executes on the server, receiving encoded messages from clients for execution by server-side objects and returning objects to the client. ORBs typically support different services that clients can use, such as a name service.
Acronym for Object Request Broker. A “object bus†connecting different components by forwarding operation invocations from client to server components. While doing this, it transparently handles name resolution, type checking, component instantiation and destruction, etc.
A ball-shaped object is an orb.
Object Request Broker Receives, redirects and routes realtime inter-object messages.
object request broker. The mechanism that enables objects to communicate with each other across a network. The ORB handles services for security, registration, and object management. In Java, a communications mechanism for object-oriented systems. An ORB sends and receives object requests between nodes in a distributed object system. The ORB provides object naming capabilities, parameter marshaling, and other functions such that calls to remote objects work as though they are local object calls. ORBs are based on the CORBA IIOP standard.
Object Request Broker. A software mechanism by which objects make and receive requests and responses.
Object Request Broker. A software component that serves as the middleware between distributed objects. The distributed objects must comply with the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) standard.
Object Request Broker—software that allows objects to dynamically discover each other and interact across machines, operating systems and networks.
Operational Resource Management / Object Request Broker
Object Request Broker. A key component of the CORBA architecture. ORB's provide a range of services required to build robust distributed systems based on object-oriented concepts.
Object Request Broker. The libraries, processes, and other infrastructure in a distributed environment that enable CORBA objects to communicate with each other. The ORB connects objects requesting services to the objects providing them.
Object Request Broker. An application communication middleware service that supports communication between distributed objects and components.
While an orb is technically a sphere or spherical object, Thermatake have adopted this name for a line of conical-finned heatsinks that are based loosely on a design used in HP servers in the 80's. The heatsinks have the fan located in the midst of the fins which allows the unit to offer one of the best price/performance ratios. [image
The word "Orb", from the Latin orbis 'circle', is another name for a round object, especially a disk or a sphere.