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Glossary
ActiveX ActiveX is the name Microsoft has given
to a set of "strategic" object-oriented programming
technologies and tools. The main technology is the
Component Object Model (COM). Used in a network
with a directory and additional support, COM
becomes the Distributed Component Object Model
(DCOM). The main thing that you create when
writing a program to run in the ActiveX environment
is a component, which is a self-sufficient program
that can be run anywhere in your ActiveX network
(currently a network consisting of Windows and
Macintosh systems). This component is known as
an ActiveX control. ActiveX is Microsoft's answer to
the Java technology from Sun Microsystems. An
ActiveX ...