Open Architecture Computing Environment (OACE) is a specification that aims to provide a standards-based computing environment in order to decouple computing environment from software applications. This way it enables reusable software applications and components.
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Distributed Computing Environment — The Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) is a software system developed in the early 1990s by a consortium that included Apollo Computer (later part of Hewlett Packard), IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation, and others. The DCE supplies a… … Wikipedia
Advanced Computing Environment — The Advanced Computing Environment (ACE) was defined by an industry consortium in the early 1990s to be the next generation commodity computing platform, the successor to Wintel based personal computers. Formation The consortium was announced on… … Wikipedia
Open Grid Forum — Formation 2006 Type Standards Development Organization Purpose/focus Developing standards for Grids Creating Grid communities Region served Worldwide OGF President … Wikipedia
Open-source architecture — (OSArc) is an emerging paradigm[citation needed]describing new procedures for the design, construction and operation of buildings, infrastructure and spaces. Drawing from references as diverse as open source culture, avant garde architectural… … Wikipedia
Open source hardware — refers to computer and electronic hardware that is designed in the same fashion as free and open source software. Open source hardware is part of the open source culture that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software. An example… … Wikipedia
Distributed Computing Environment — Abbreviated DCE. The Open Software Foundation s (OSF) architecture for developing application software for use on different networks. DCE hides the differences between products, technologies, and standards, providing independence from the… … Dictionary of networking
architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… … Universalium
Open source — This article is about the production and development model. For its application to software, see Open source software. For the form of intelligence collection management, see Open source intelligence. For other uses, see Open source… … Wikipedia
Open Grid Services Architecture — The Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) describes an architecture for a service oriented grid computing environment for business and scientific use, developed within the Global Grid Forum (GGF). OGSA is based on several other Web service… … Wikipedia
Open standard — An open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed (e.g. open process). There is no single definition and interpretations vary… … Wikipedia
