ALSO CALLED: Adapters (Software) and Database Middleware DEFINITION: In the computer industry, middleware is a general term for any programming that serves to "glue together" or mediate between two separate and often already existing programs. A common application of middleware is to allow programs written for access to a particular database to access other
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MIDDLEWARE DEFINITION (continued): … In the computer industry, middleware is a general term for any programming that serves to "glue together" or mediate between two separate and often already existing programs. A common application of middleware is to allow programs written for access to a particular database to access other databases.
Typically, middleware programs provide messaging services so that different applications can communicate. The systematic tying together of disparate applications, often through the use of middleware, is known as enterprise application integration (EAI). Middleware definition sponsored by SearchSOA.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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