(Microsoft DCOM): a set of standards by Microsoft for the implementation of distributed technologies. Its equivalents are the Open Group's Distributed Computing Environment and OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture. Mentioned in: DC Communication. See also: Distributed Computing Environment, Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
Microsoft's specification for distributing and using COM objects across systems in a network. See also Component Object Model (COM) and COM/DCOM Client.
An extension of the Component Object Model (COM). DCOM enables software components to communicate directly with each other across networks, including the Internet and intranets, in a reliable, secure, and efficient manner.
A protocol that permits software objects to interact over networks (including the Internet). Previously called Network OLE.
The Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) specification that defines how components communicate over Windows-based networks. Use the DCOM Configuration tool to integrate client/server applications across multiple computers. DCOM can also be used to integrate robust Web browser applications. See also DCOM Configuration tool.
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is a set of Microsoft concepts and program interfaces in which client program objects can request services from server program objects on other computers in a network. DCOM is based on the Component Object Model (COM), which provides a set of interfaces allowing clients and servers to communicate within the same computer.
An extension of COM that enables objects to interact with other objects across a network.
A protocol based on the Open Software Foundation's DCE-RPC specification, that enables COM components to communicate directly over a network in a reliable, secure, and efficient manner.
Distributed COM is an extension of the COM model, allowing components to provide services over networks.
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is a Microsoft proprietary technology for software components distributed across several networked computers to communicate with each other. DCOM, which originally was called "Network OLE", extends Microsoft's COM, and provides the communication substrate under Microsoft's COM+ application server infrastructure. It has been deprecated in favor of Microsoft .NET.
