middleware
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈmɪdəlˌwɛr/
- Specialized
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middleware
- Using middleware, the organization was able to connect disparate systems and improve workflow efficiency.
- middleware and applications
Examples
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The computing systems considered in that activity consist of large collections of computing engines, storage devices, visualization facilities, operating systems, middleware, and application software.
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Wall Street has driven advances, and certainly promising real-time middleware is coming from other areas as well.
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There is the website itself, the middleware, and, at the back end, the systems of the organization.
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Ultimately, the best approach to buying any type of middleware is to run your own tests with your own applications.
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We wrote our middleware to monitor these, especially as our app is long poll based.
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Internet: When it works the way it's supposed to, middleware disappears into the background of an organizational infrastructure.
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The expansion of sensor networks and improvements to streaming data middleware and applications are making it possible to compare data sets across sensor networks.
Academic text (2013) -
The secret is the middleware, dubbed service-oriented architecture, or SOA, which links all these applications in an interconnected web.
Academic text (2007) -
The software developers integrated a middleware solution to ensure smooth communication between the different applications.
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The new middleware allowed multiple programs to exchange data seamlessly, enhancing overall productivity.
Synonyms
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A program that links two computer systems to share data
A link that lets different systems share information
Antonyms
How Integrated
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word middleware comes from middle ('between') and ware ('things' or 'programs'), the same ware you see in software. So middleware is the programs that sit 'in the middle' to help different systems 'talk' and work together.