Teledyne LeCroy WaveExpert series Automation Manual - Manual (Page 285)

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GLOSSARY
ActiveX
Microsoft’s brand name for the technologies that enable interoperability using the Component Object Model
(COM). ActiveX technology includes, but is not limited to, OLE.
Automation
COM-based technology that enables binding at run time, or late binding, to an object's methods and
properties and also makes possible cross-application macro programming. Formerly referred to as OLE
Automation.
Automation client
An application, programming tool, or scripting language that accesses services provided by Automation objects.
Formerly referred to as Automation controller.
Automation object
An instance of a class defined within an application that is exposed for access by other applications or
programming tools by Automation interfaces.
Automation server
An application, type library, or other source that makes Automation objects available for programming by other
applications, programming tools, or scripting languages.
COM (COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL)
The programming model and binary standard on which OLE is based. COM defines how objects and their clients
interact within processes or across process boundaries.
DCOM (DISTRIBUTED COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL)
Distributed form of COM, enables communication between computers using the COM standard.
EARLY BINDING
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LATE BINDING
The ability to bind member names to dispatch identifiers (IDs) at run time, rather than at compile time. See also ID
binding and VTBL binding.
DISPATCH INTERFACES (dispinterface)
An IDispatch interface that responds only to a certain fixed set of names. The properties and methods of the
dispinterface are not in the virtual function table (VTBL) for the object.
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