Distributed programming
Distributed programming falls out of the use of computers to form networks. Distributed programming typically falls into one of several basic categories:
- Distributed objects -- Systems like CORBA, Microsoft D/COM, Java RMI and others, try to map object oriented design to the network
- Loosely coupled -- Loosely coupled systems are ones that communicate through intermediate documents that are typically human readable. Examples include XML, HTML, SGML, X.500, and EDI.