Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)

An international standard for distributed computing. CORBA enables code operating on a computer to locate resources located elsewhere on the network. C O R B A i s the Object Management Group’s (OMG) answer to the need for interoperability among the rapidly proliferating number of hardware and software products available today. Simply stated, CORBA allows applications to communicate with one another no matter where they are located or who has designed them.