Distributed Computing Environment
(DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions
and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote
procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks of
heterogeneous computers. DCE is promoted and controlled by the Open Software
Foundation (OSF).
Usenet newsgroup: comp.soft-sys.dce.
http://www.dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dce/dce.html.
(1994-12-07)
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