Component Technology
A component is a unit of functionality that can be used within a particular framework. Component frameworks have evolved to provide support for simplified application development. When using a component framework, a container provides standard services, such as communication, security and persistence. Because standard mechanisms are used for component definition and inter-component communication, it becomes possible to write tools that examine components and display their information to an application writer. A developer can then use the tool to drag and drop these components into his or her application. This can be seen in the typical GUI interface builder environments.
The component principle also applies to non-visual ...
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