What Is Middleware?
There are many definitions of middleware. Ultimately, the definition that works best defines middleware in terms of its function. Middleware is a mechanism that allows one entity (application or database) to communicate with another entity, or entities. In other words:
Middleware is any type of software that facilitates communication between two or more software systems.
Such a broad definition is necessary when you consider that middleware may be as simple as a raw communication pipe running between applications, such as Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI), or as sophisticated as information-sharing and logic-execution mechanisms, such as Transaction Processing (TP) monitors.
Middleware's import role in the sharing of ...
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