[5] SUBJECT INDEX
(Part of the CORBA FAQ, Copyright © 1996)

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• Acronyms ... [7.2]
• Advantages of CORBA ... [10.2]
• Alphabetical list of all FAQs ... [4]
• Application architecture ... [20]
  • Basics ... [20.1]
  • Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Objects ... [20.2]
  • Statefull vs. Stateless Objects ... [20.2]
• Application threading
  • Relation to CORBA asynchronous communication ... [19.3]
• Asynchronous communication ... [19]
  • Basics ... [19.1]
  • CORBA support ... [19.2]
  • Relation to application threading ... [19.3]
  • Things CORBA doesn’t supported ... [19.4]
• Audience expectations ... [1.9]
• Authors of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.1]
  • Marshall Cline ... [1.3]
  • Mike Girou ... [1.4]
  • Rob Appelbaum ... [1.2]

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• Basic functionality provided by CORBA ... [10.1]
• Basic Object Adapter (BOA) ... [38]
  • Activation policies ... [38.2], [38.3]
  • Definition ... [38.1]
• BOA (see Basic Object Adapter) ... [38]
• BTW (Acronym) ... [7.2]

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• C language
  • Declaring an Object reference ... [21.15]
• C++ language
  • Declaring an Object reference ... [21.16]
• C language
  • Newsgroup comp.lang.c ... [7.7]
• C++ language
  • Newsgroup comp.lang.c++ ... [7.7]
• Changes to the CORBA FAQ (see Recent changes...) ... [6]
• Client/Server ... [11]
  • C/S communication enabled by CORBA ... [11.1]
  • C/S limitations imposed by CORBA ... [11.2]
• Competitors of CORBA ... [10.3]
• Contents of the CORBA FAQ
  • Alphabetical list of all FAQs ... [4]
  • Exhaustive list of all FAQs ... [3]
  • Overview of all sections ... [2]
• Copying permissions ... [1.7]
• Copyright notice ... [1.5]
• CORBA Architecture ... [27]
  • Basics ... [27.1]
• CORBA FAQ ... [0]
  • HTML version ... [1.13]
  • Plaintext version ... [1.14]
• CORBA object vs. Distributed object ... [9.2]
• CORBA Objects ... [28]
  • Capabilities ... [28.2]
  • Definition ... [28.1]
• CORBA Services ... [17]
  • Basics ... [17.1]
  • Event Service ... [17.4]
  • Lifecycle Service ... [17.3]
  • Name Service ... [17.2], [41]
• CORBA
  • Advantages ... [10.2]
  • Basic functionality provided by CORBA ... [10.1]
  • Competitor technologies ... [10.3]
  • Related URLs ... [7.9]
  • Why use it? ... [10]

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• Database triggers ... [10.3]
• DCE ... [10.3]
• DCOM ... [10.3], [12]
  • Benefits of CORBA ... [12.1]
  • Limitations of CORBA ... [12.4]
  • Maturity compared with CORBA ... [12.3]
  • Mixing with CORBA ... [12.2]
• Definition
  • Basic Object Adapter (BOA) ... [38.1]
  • CORBA Object ... [9.2]
  • CORBA Objects ... [28.1]
  • Distributed object ... [9.1]
  • Factory ... [22.1]
  • Interoperable object reference ... [40.1]
  • Object reference ... [21.1]
• Distributed Computing
  • Performance enhancements ... [8.1]
  • Relation to Distributed Databases ... [8.2]
  • Solving business problems ... [8.3]
  • Why use it? ... [8]
• Distributed databases ... [8.2]
• Distributed Object
  • vs. CORBA object ... [9.2]
• Distributed objects
  • Definition ... [9.1]
  • Don’t distribute every business object ... [9.5]
  • Implementation process ... [9.4]
  • Why use them ... [9], [9.3]
• Downloading
  • HTML version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.13]
  • Plaintext version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.14]

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• Etiquette (see also Netiquette) ... [7]
• Event Service ... [17.4]
• Exhaustive list of all FAQs ... [3]

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• Factory ... [22]
  • Capabilities ... [22.3]
  • Definition ... [22.1]
  • Types ... [22.2]
• “From:” line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [7.1]
• FTP sites
  • rtfm.mit.edu ... [7.8]
• FWIW (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• FYI (Acronym) ... [7.2]

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• GNU
  • g++ ... [7.7]
• Goals of the CORBA FAQ
  • Audience expectations ... [1.9]
  • Morality in addition to Legality ... [1.10]
  • Tutorial ... [1.11]
• Graphics ... [7.7]

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• Handles
  • Object reference ... [21.2]
• Homework problems ... [7.3]
• HTML version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.13]

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• IDL ... [30]
  • Aggregation not directly supported ... [30.5]
  • Implementation language (Not!) ... [30.3]
  • Inheritance ... [30.4]
  • Program ... [30.2]
  • Purpose ... [30.1]
  • Separation of interface from implementation ... [30.3], [30.4]
  • Specification language ... [30.3]
• IIOP ... [40]
• IMHO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• IMNSHO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• IMO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• Index of topics, Sorted by Subject ... [5]
• Interface Definition Language (see IDL) ... [30]
• Interoperable object reference (IOR) ... [21.18]
  • Definition ... [40.1]
  • Format ... [21.19], [21.20]
  • Hidden from the application programmer ... [21.25]
  • Interoperability ... [40.4]
  • Low level details ... [21.24]
  • Obtaining from an application ... [40.2]
  • Profile ... [21.22], [21.23]
  • Stringifying ... [21.26]
  • Tags ... [21.21]
  • Vendor transparency ... [40.3]
• IOR (see Interoperable object reference) ... [21.18], [40.1]
• is_equivalent() (see Object reference) ... [21.9], [21.10]

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• Java language
  • Newsgroup comp.lang.java.* ... [7.7]

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• KUTGW (Acronym) ... [7.2]

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• Legal mumbo jumbo
  • Copying permissions ... [1.7]
  • Copyright notice ... [1.5]
  • No Warranty ... [1.6]
  • Trademarks ... [1.8]
• Legality = can vs. can’t ... [1.10]
• Lifecycle ... [43]
• Lifecycle Service ... [17.3]
• Lifecycle
  • Purpose ... [43.1]
• Lifetime
  • Object reference ... [21.3]
• List of all FAQs
  • Alphabetical list ... [4]
  • Exhaustive list ... [3]

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• Maturity
  • CORBA vs. DCOM ... [12.3]
• Message queuing ... [10.3]
• Microsoft Windows ... [7.7]
• Morality = should vs. shouldn’t ... [1.10]
• MS-DOS ... [7.7]
• MYOB (Acronym) ... [7.2]

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• Name Service ... [17.2], [41]
  • Alternatives ... [41.3]
  • COSNaming module ... [41.1]
  • NameContext ... [41.2]
• Named Pipe communication ... [10.3]
• Navigating the CORBA FAQ ... [1.12]
• Netiquette ... [7]
  • “From:” line of a posting ... [7.1]
  • General netiquette ... [7.1]
  • Getting and reading other FAQs ... [7.8]
  • Homework problems ... [7.3]
  • Posting code ... [7.6]
  • “Reply-to:” line of a posting ... [7.1]
  • Responding to FAQs ... [7.4]
  • Selecting an appropriate newsgroup ... [7.7]
  • “Subject:” line of a posting ... [7.5]
  • URLs relevant to CORBA ... [7.9]
• Newsgroups
  • comp.graphics ... [7.7]
  • comp.lang.c ... [7.7]
  • comp.lang.c++ ... [7.7]
  • comp.lang.c++.moderated ... [7.7]
  • comp.lang.java.* ... [7.7]
  • comp.lang.smalltalk ... [7.7]
  • comp.object ... [7.7]
  • comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc ... [7.7]
  • comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools ... [7.7]
  • comp.os.msdos.programmer ... [7.7]
  • comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision ... [7.7]
  • comp.programming ... [7.7]
  • comp.sources.wanted ... [7.7]
  • comp.std.c++ ... [7.7]
  • comp.sys.mac.oop.* ... [7.7]
  • comp.sys.mac.programmer.* ... [7.7]
  • comp.unix.programmer ... [7.7]
  • comp.unix.solaris ... [7.7]
  • gnu.g++.bug ... [7.7]
  • gnu.g++.help ... [7.7]
• No Warranty ... [1.6]
• Notification ... [16]
  • And CORBA ... [16.1]

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• Object reference (OR) ... [21], [32]
  • A “handle” vs. a “hard address” ... [21.2]
  • Comparing ... [21.8], [21.9], [21.10], [21.11], [21.12], [21.13], [21.14]
  • Creation of ... [21.7]
  • Declaring in the C language ... [21.15]
  • Declaring in the C++ language ... [21.16]
  • Definition ... [21.1]
  • Format ... [21.6]
  • is_equivalent() ... [21.9], [21.10]
  • Lifetime ... [21.3]
  • Obtaining from an application ... [32.1]
  • Persistent ... [21.4]
  • _ptr ... [21.17]
  • Stringifying ... [21.5]
  • _var ... [21.17]
• OR (see Object reference) ... [21]
• ORB vendors
  • Performance differences introduced by ... [24.2]
  • Simplifying interoperability ... [40.4]
  • Transparency within an application ... [40.3]
• OTOH (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• OTS ... [44]
  • Purpose ... [44.1]
• Overview of all sections ... [2]

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• Performance ... [24]
• Performance enhancements ... [8.1]
• Performance
  • Basics ... [24.1]
  • Differences introduced by ORB vendors ... [24.2]
  • Quantifying performance ... [24.3]
• Persistent
  • Object reference ... [21.4]
• Plaintext version of the CORBA FAQ ... [1.14]
• Posting code (see also Netiquette) ... [7.6]
• Purpose
  • Lifecycle ... [43.1]
  • OTS ... [44.1]
  • Trader Service ... [45.1]

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• Recent changes to the CORBA FAQ ... [6]
  • Chain of recently updated FAQs ... [6.1]
  • Changes made for 1996-08 (Aug 1996) release ... [6.9]
  • Changes made for 1996-09 (Sep 1996) release ... [6.8]
  • Changes made for 1996-10 (Oct 1996) release ... [6.7]
  • Changes made for 1996-11 (Nov 1996) release ... [6.6]
  • Changes made for 1996-12 (Dec 1996) release ... [6.5]
  • Changes made for 1997-01 (Jan 1997) release ... [6.4]
  • Changes made for 1997-02 (Feb 1997) release ... [6.3]
  • Changes made for 1997-07 (Jul 1997) release ... [6.2]
• ReferenceCounting ... [23]
  • Alternatives ... [23.5]
  • CORBA ... [23.3]
  • Definition ... [23.1]
  • Problems ... [23.4]
  • Why ... [23.2]
• “Reply-to:” line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [7.1]
• RTFM (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• rtfm.mit.edu ... [7.8]

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• Shared memory based interaction ... [10.3]
• Skeletons ... [31]
  • Implementation ... [31.2]
  • Services ... [31.1]
• Smalltalk language
  • Newsgroup comp.lang.smalltalk ... [7.7]
• SO (Acronym) ... [7.2]
• Socket level programming ... [10.3]
• Solaris ... [7.7]
• Solving business problems with Distributed Computing ... [8.3]
• Source code identifiers, underscores (“_”) in ... [26.1]
• Standardization issues ... [7.7]
• Stringify
  • Interoperable object reference (IOR) ... [21.26]
  • Object reference (OR) ... [21.5]
• Subject index ... [5]
• “Subject:” line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [7.5]

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• Table of Contents of the CORBA FAQ
  • Alphabetical list of all FAQs ... [4]
  • Exhaustive list of all FAQs ... [3]
  • Overview of all sections ... [2]
• .tar.gz (see Downloading) ... [1.13], [1.14]
• .tar.Z (see Downloading) ... [1.13], [1.14]
• Threading
  • Relation to CORBA asynchronous communication ... [19.3]
• Trademarks ... [1.8]
• Trader Service ... [45]
  • Purpose ... [45.1]
• Tutorial ... [1.11]

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• Underscores (“_”) in source code identifiers ... [26.1]
• Unix ... [7.7]
• URLs for the CORBA FAQ ... [1.15]
• URLs relevant to CORBA ... [7.9]
• Usenet newsgroups (see also Newsgroups) ... [7.7]

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• Vendors of ORBs (see ORB vendors) ... [24.2]

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• Warranty (NOT!) ... [1.6]
• Web applications ... [15]
  • Accessing CORBA objects from ... [15.1]
• Why use CORBA ... [10]
• Why use Distributed Computing ... [8]
• Why use distributed objects ... [9]

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• .zip (see Downloading) ... [1.13], [1.14]

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