• A binary-interface technology for software components from Microsoft that enables using objects in a language-neutral way between different programming languages, contexts, processes, and machines. COM is the basis for other Microsoft domain-specific component technologies including OLE, OLE Automation, ActiveX, COM+, and DCOM as well as implementations such as DirectX, Windows shell, UMDF, Windows Runtime, and the Browser Helper Object. ← Wikipedia

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