[5] SUBJECT INDEX
(Part of the CORBA FAQ, Copyright © 1996-99)
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- Acronyms
- Active Object Map ... [59.1]
- Advantages of CORBA ... [10.2]
- Alphabetical list of all FAQs ... [4]
- AMI (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- AMI (see Asynchronous Messaging Interface) ... [55]
- Any ... [38]
- AOM (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- Application architecture ... [21]
- Basics ... [21.1]
- Callbacks ... [21.3]
- Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Objects ... [21.2]
- Statefull vs. Stateless Objects ... [21.2]
- Application threading ... [20]
- Relation to CORBA asynchronous communication ... [19.3]
- Architectures, Multi-threaded ... [20]
- Asynchronous communication ... [19]
- Basics ... [19.1]
- CORBA support ... [19.2]
- Relation to application threading ... [19.3]
- Things CORBA doesn’t supported ... [19.4]
- Asynchronous Messaging Interface ... [55]
- ATT omniORB ... [11.3]
- Audience expectations ... [1.11]
- Authors of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.1]
- Avoiding threading in some cases ... [20.5]
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- Basic functionality provided by CORBA ... [10.1]
- Basic Object Adapter ... [41], [59.1]
- BEA M3 ... [11.3]
- Blocking operations ... [11.4]
- BOA (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- BOA (see Basic Object Adapter) ... [41]
- BTW (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- Business considerations dominate technology considerations ... [10.4], [10.5], [10.6]
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- C language
- Declaring an Object reference ... [22.15]
- C++ language
- Declaring an Object reference ... [22.16]
- C language
- Newsgroup comp.lang.c ... [7.8]
- C++ language
- Newsgroup comp.lang.c++ ... [7.8]
- C++ virtual functions ... [31.6], [31.7]
- Callbacks ... [21.3]
- Changes to the CORBA FAQ (see Recent changes...) ... [6]
- Client/Server ... [11]
- C/S communication enabled by CORBA ... [11.1]
- C/S limitations imposed by CORBA ... [11.2]
- COM (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- COM vs. CORBA ... [10.4], [10.5], [10.6]
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture ... [59.1]
- Competitors of CORBA ... [10.3]
- Component Object Model ... [59.1]
- ComponentBroker, IBM ... [11.3]
- Contents of the CORBA FAQ
- Alphabetical list of all FAQs ... [4]
- Exhaustive list of all FAQs ... [3]
- Overview of all sections ... [2]
- Copying permissions ... [1.9]
- Copyright notice ... [1.7]
- CORBA (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- CORBA Acronyms ... [59], [59.1]
- CORBA Architecture ... [28]
- CORBA FAQ ... [0]
- CORBA Object Service ... [59.1]
- CORBA object vs. Distributed object ... [9.2]
- CORBA Objects ... [29]
- CORBA Pseudo Objects
- CORBA Services
- Asynchronous Messaging Interface (AMI) ... [55]
- Event Service ... [47]
- Initialization Service ... [45]
- Interoperable Name Service ... [46.4]
- Lifecycle Service ... [49]
- Name Service ... [46]
- Notification Service ... [48]
- Object Transaction Service (OTS) ... [50]
- Objects By Value (OBV) ... [54]
- Persisent Object Service (POS) ... [52]
- Persistent State Service (PSS) ... [53]
- Trader Service ... [51]
- CORBA Support
- CORBA vs. {Java RMI, DCOM, COM+, DCE, TP Monitors, etc.} ... [10.4], [10.5], [10.6]
- CORBA
- Advantages ... [10.2]
- Basic functionality provided by CORBA ... [10.1]
- Competitor technologies ... [10.3]
- Reading List ... [58]
- Related URLs ... [7.10]
- Why use it? ... [10]
- CORBAplus, Expersoft ... [11.3]
- COS (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- Current Mappings
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- DAIS, PeerLogic ... [11.3]
- Database triggers ... [10.3]
- DCE ... [10.3]
- DCE (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- DCE vs. CORBA ... [10.4], [10.5], [10.6]
- DCE
- Benefits of CORBA ... [13.1]
- Maturity compared with CORBA ... [13.3]
- Mixing with CORBA ... [13.2]
- DCOM ... [10.3], [12], [13]
- DCOM (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- DCOM vs. CORBA ... [10.4], [10.5], [10.6]
- DCOM
- Benefits of CORBA ... [12.1]
- Limitations of CORBA ... [12.4]
- Maturity compared with CORBA ... [12.3]
- Mixing with CORBA ... [12.2]
- Dead-lock ... [11.5]
- Definition
- Any ... [38.1]
- Basic Object Adapter (BOA) ... [41.1]
- CORBA Object ... [9.2]
- CORBA Objects ... [29.1]
- CORBA Pseudo Objects ... [30.1]
- Distributed object ... [9.1]
- Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII) ... [36.1]
- Dynamic Skeleton Interface (DSI) ... [37.1]
- Event Service ... [47.1]
- Factory ... [23.1]
- Initialization Service ... [45.1]
- Interface Repository ... [40.1], [40.2]
- Interoperable object reference ... [44.1]
- Language Mappings ... [34.1]
- Object reference ... [22.1]
- Static Invocation Interface (SII) ... [35.1]
- Typecode ... [39.1]
- Determining between IOR and OR ... [22.27]
- Different thread models ... [20.4]
- DII (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- DII (see Dynamic Invocation Interface) ... [36]
- Distributed Component Object Model ... [59.1]
- Distributed Computing Environment ... [59.1]
- Distributed Computing
- Performance enhancements ... [8.1]
- Relation to Distributed Databases ... [8.2]
- Solving business problems ... [8.3]
- Why use it? ... [8]
- Distributed databases ... [8.2]
- Distributed Object
- vs. CORBA object ... [9.2]
- Distributed objects
- Definition ... [9.1]
- Don’t distribute every business object ... [9.5]
- Implementation process ... [9.4]
- Why use them ... [9], [9.3]
- Distributed Systems Technology Centre fnorb ... [11.3]
- Document Type Description ... [59.1]
- Downloading
- HTML version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.15]
- Plaintext version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.16]
- Why it’s done via email ... [1.17]
- DSI (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- DSI (see Dynamic Skeleton Interface) ... [37]
- DTD (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- Dynamic Any ... [38.5]
- Dynamic Invocation Interface ... [59.1]
- Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII) ... [36]
- Dynamic Skeleton Interface ... [59.1]
- Dynamic Skeleton Interface (DSI) ... [37]
- DynAny ... [38.5]
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- EJB ... [10.3], [14]
- Benefits of CORBA ... [14.1]
- Maturity compared with CORBA ... [14.3]
- Mixing with CORBA ... [14.2]
- Environment Specific Inter-ORB Protocol ... [59.1]
- ESIOP (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- Etiquette (see also Netiquette) ... [7]
- Event Service ... [47]
- Exhaustive list of all FAQs ... [3]
- Expersoft CORBAplus ... [11.3]
- Extended Markup Language ... [59.1]
- Extended Markup Language (see XML) ... [57]
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- Factory ... [23]
- FAQ (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- FAQ Acronyms ... [7.2]
- Flame bait ... [10.4]
- fnorb, Distributed Systems Technology Centre ... [11.3]
- Franz Orblink ... [11.3]
- “From:” line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [7.1]
- FTP sites
- FWIW (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- FYI (Acronym) ... [7.2]
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- General Inter-ORB Protocol ... [59.1]
- GIOP (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- GNU
- Goals of the CORBA FAQ
- Audience expectations ... [1.11]
- Morality in addition to Legality ... [1.12]
- Tutorial ... [1.13]
- Graphics ... [7.8]
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- Handles
- Homework problems
- Posting them (Don’t!) ... [7.3]
- Responding to them ... [7.4]
- HTML (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- HTML version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.15], [1.17]
- HTTP (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- HyperText Markup Language ... [59.1]
- HyperText Transport Protocol ... [59.1]
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- IBM ComponentBroker ... [11.3]
- IDL (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- IDL ... [31]
- IFR (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- IFR (see Interface Repository) ... [40]
- IIOP ... [44]
- IIOP (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- ILU, Xerox ... [11.3]
- IMHO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- IMNSHO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- IMO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- Index of topics, Sorted by Subject ... [5]
- Initialization Service ... [45]
- Inprise VisiBroker ... [11.3]
- INS (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- INS (Interoperable Name Service) ... [46.4]
- Interface Definition Language (see IDL) ... [31]
- Interface Defintion Language ... [59.1]
- Interface Repository ... [40], [59.1]
- Internet Inter-ORB Protocol ... [59.1]
- Internet Protocol ... [59.1]
- Interoperability ... [26]
- Interoperability — Details ... [43]
- Interoperability — What else? ... [43.1]
- Interoperable Name Service (INS) ... [46.4]
- Interoperable Naming Service ... [59.1]
- Interoperable Object Reference ... [59.1]
- Interoperable object reference (IOR) ... [22.18]
- Introduction
- Iona Orbix ... [11.3]
- IOR (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- IOR (see Interoperable object reference) ... [22.18], [44.1]
- IOR vs. OR, determining which ... [22.27]
- is_equivalent() (see Object reference) ... [22.9], [22.10]
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- KUTGW (Acronym) ... [7.2]
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- Language Mappings ... [34]
- Legal mumbo jumbo
- Legality = can vs. can’t ... [1.12]
- Lifecycle Service ... [49]
- Lifetime
- List of all FAQs
- Alphabetical list ... [4]
- Exhaustive list ... [3]
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- M3, BEA ... [11.3]
- Maturity
- Message queuing ... [10.3]
- MICO ... [11.3]
- Microsoft Windows ... [7.8]
- Morality = should vs. shouldn’t ... [1.12]
- MS-DOS ... [7.8]
- Multi-threaded architectures ... [20]
- MYOB (Acronym) ... [7.2]
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- Name Service ... [46]
- Named Pipe communication ... [10.3]
- Naming Service ... [59.1]
- Navigating the CORBA FAQ ... [1.14]
- Netiquette ... [7]
- “From:” line of a posting ... [7.1]
- General netiquette ... [7.1]
- Getting and reading other FAQs ... [7.9]
- Homework problems ... [7.3], [7.4]
- Posting code ... [7.7]
- “Reply-to:” line of a posting ... [7.1]
- Responding to FAQs ... [7.5]
- Selecting an appropriate newsgroup ... [7.8]
- “Subject:” line of a posting ... [7.6]
- URLs relevant to CORBA ... [7.10]
- Newsgroups
- comp.graphics ... [7.8]
- comp.lang.c ... [7.8]
- comp.lang.c++ ... [7.8]
- comp.lang.c++.moderated ... [7.8]
- comp.lang.java.* ... [7.8]
- comp.lang.smalltalk ... [7.8]
- comp.object ... [7.8]
- comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc ... [7.8]
- comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools ... [7.8]
- comp.os.msdos.programmer ... [7.8]
- comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision ... [7.8]
- comp.programming ... [7.8]
- comp.sources.wanted ... [7.8]
- comp.std.c++ ... [7.8]
- comp.sys.mac.oop.* ... [7.8]
- comp.sys.mac.programmer.* ... [7.8]
- comp.unix.programmer ... [7.8]
- comp.unix.solaris ... [7.8]
- gnu.g++.bug ... [7.8]
- gnu.g++.help ... [7.8]
- No Warranty ... [1.8]
- Notification ... [17]
- Notification Service ... [48]
- Notification
- Nouveau, RogueWave ... [11.3]
- NS (Acronym) ... [59.1]
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- Object Management Group ... [59.1]
- Object Oriented Concepts ORBacus ... [11.3]
- Object Reference ... [59.1]
- Object reference (OR) ... [22], [33]
- Object Request Broker ... [59.1]
- Object Transaction Monitor ... [59.1]
- Object Transaction Service ... [59.1]
- Object Transaction Service (see OTS) ... [50]
- Objective Interface ORBexpress ... [11.3]
- Objects By Value ... [54], [59.1]
- Abstract Value Type ... [54.7]
- Differences Between Value Types and Interface Types ... [54.6]
- How Can I Use it ... [54.2]
- In What Cases Do I Need a Value Type ... [54.5]
- What Does OBV Really Provide ... [54.3]
- What is a Value Type ... [54.4]
- What is it ... [54.1]
- ObjectSpace Voyager ... [11.3]
- OBV (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- OBV (see Objects By Value) ... [54]
- OMG (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- omniORB, ATT ... [11.3]
- Open Software Foundation ... [59.1]
- OR (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- OR (see Object reference) ... [22]
- ORB (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- ORB vendors
- Performance differences introduced by ... [25.2]
- Simplifying interoperability ... [44.4]
- Transparency within an application ... [44.3]
- ORBacus, Object Oriented Concepts ... [11.3]
- ORBexpress, Objective Interface ... [11.3]
- Orbix, Iona ... [11.3]
- Orblink, Franz ... [11.3]
- OSF (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- OTM (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- OTOH (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- OTS ... [50]
- OTS (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- OTS
- Overview of all sections ... [2]
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- PeerLogic DAIS ... [11.3]
- Performance ... [25]
- Performance enhancements ... [8.1]
- Performance
- Basics ... [25.1]
- Differences introduced by ORB vendors ... [25.2]
- Quantifying performance ... [25.3]
- Persistence Object Service ... [59.1]
- Persistence State Service ... [59.1]
- Persistent Object Service ... [52]
- Persistent State Service ... [53]
- Persistent
- PIDL (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- Plaintext version of CORBA FAQ ... [1.17]
- Plaintext version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.16]
- POA (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- POA (see Portable Object Adapter) ... [42]
- Portable Object Adapater
- Portable Object Adapter ... [42], [59.1]
- POS (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- POS (see Persistent Object Service) ... [52]
- Posting code (see also Netiquette) ... [7.7]
- Pseudo Interface Definition Language (Pseudo IDL) ... [59.1]
- PSS (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- PSS (see Persistent State Service) ... [53]
- Purpose
- Asynchronous Messaging Interface ... [55.1]
- Lifecycle Service ... [49.1]
- OTS ... [50.1]
- Persistent Object Service ... [52.1]
- Persistent State Service ... [53.1]
- Trader Service ... [51.1]
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- Reading List ... [58]
- Recent changes to the CORBA FAQ ... [6]
- Chain of recently updated FAQs ... [6.1]
- Changes made for 1996-08 (Aug 1996) release ... [6.14]
- Changes made for 1996-09 (Sep 1996) release ... [6.13]
- Changes made for 1996-10 (Oct 1996) release ... [6.12]
- Changes made for 1996-11 (Nov 1996) release ... [6.11]
- Changes made for 1996-12 (Dec 1996) release ... [6.10]
- Changes made for 1997-01 (Jan 1997) release ... [6.9]
- Changes made for 1997-02 (Feb 1997) release ... [6.8]
- Changes made for 1997-07 (Jul 1997) release ... [6.7]
- Changes made for 1998-05 (May 1998) release ... [6.6]
- Changes made for 1998-11 (Nov 1998) release ... [6.5]
- Changes made for 1998-12 (Dec 1998) release ... [6.4]
- Changes made for 1999-03 (Mar 1999) release ... [6.3]
- Changes made for 1999-10 (Oct 1999) release ... [6.2]
- ReferenceCounting ... [24]
- “Reply-to:” line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [7.1]
- RogueWave Nouveau ... [11.3]
- RTFFAQ (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- RTFM (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- rtfm.mit.edu ... [7.9]
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- Server dead-lock ... [11.5]
- Shared memory based interaction ... [10.3]
- SII (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- SII (see Static Invocation Interface) ... [35]
- Skeletons ... [32]
- Slackards ... [7.4]
- Smalltalk language
- Newsgroup comp.lang.smalltalk ... [7.8]
- SO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
- Socket level programming ... [10.3]
- Solaris ... [7.8]
- Solving business problems with Distributed Computing ... [8.3]
- Source code identifiers, underscores (“_”) in ... [27.1]
- SSI (Acronym) ... [59.1]
- Standardization issues ... [7.8]
- Static Invocation Interface ... [59.1]
- Static Invocation Interface (SII) ... [35]
- Static Skeleton Interface ... [59.1]
- Stringify
- Interoperable object reference (IOR) ... [22.26]
- Object reference (OR) ... [22.5]
- Subject index ... [5]
- “Subject:” line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [7.6]
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- Underscores (“_”) in source code identifiers ... [27.1]
- Unix ... [7.8]
- URLs relevant to CORBA ... [7.10]
- Usenet newsgroups (see also Newsgroups) ... [7.8]
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- Vendors of ORBs (see ORB vendors) ... [25.2]
- Virtual functions (like C++) ... [31.6], [31.7]
- VisiBroker, Inprise ... [11.3]
- Voyager, ObjectSpace ... [11.3]
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- Warranty (NOT!) ... [1.8]
- Washington University TAO ... [11.3]
- Web applications ... [16]
- Accessing CORBA objects from ... [16.1]
- Why use CORBA ... [10]
- Why use Distributed Computing ... [8]
- Why use distributed objects ... [9]
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