Glossary

BindingIterator: The binding iterator (Like a book mark) indicates which objects have been read from the list.
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA): A specification of an architecture for a distributed object system
IDL: Interface Definition Language - IDL is the OMG specified interface definition language, used to define the CORBA object interfaces.
IIOP: Internet-Inter ORB Protocol
IOR: Interoperable Object Reference
ORB: Object Request Broker - ORB open software bus architecture specified by the OMG which allows object components to communicate in a heterogeneous environment.
Orber domain: A domain containing several Erlang nodes, which are communicating by using the Erlang internal format. An Orber domain looks as one ORB from the environment.
Orber installation: is the structure of the ORB or ORBs as defined during the install process is called the "installation".
Type Code: Type Code is a full definition of a type
Type Codes: Type codes give a complete description of the type including all its components and structure.
domains: A domain allows a more efficient communication protocol to be used between objects not on the same node without the need of an ORB