Definitions for "XPCOM"
Keywords:  mozilla, corba, platform, idl, discrete
Mozilla's cross-platform scheme for turning objects into discrete components. See also: COM See also: the XPCOM page at mozilla.org.
XPCOM (Cross Platform Component Object Model) is a cross platform component model from Mozilla. It is similar to CORBA or Microsoft COM. It has multiple language bindings and IDL descriptions so programmers can plug their custom functionality into the framework and connect it with other components.