# 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

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