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Object request broker

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In distributed computing, an object request broker (ORB) acts as an agent that dispatches requests to other agents, usually in an effort to speed up response times. GIOP (the General Inter-ORB Protocol) handles inter-ORB communication.

See also CORBA - the Common Object Request Broker Architecture.


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