Object Linking and Embedding

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a technology that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects developed by Microsoft.

Object linking and embedding (OLE) - The specifications for object technology developed and used by Microsoft in all its operating system, development tools and application software packages.

OLEObject Linking and Embedding developed by Microsoft. Allows objects from one application to be embedded within another (e.g., taking an Excel spreadsheet and putting it into a Word document).

[programming] Object Linking and Embedding database provider. A tool conforming to the OLE standard for sharing data between applications.

uk OLE/COM Object Linking and Embedding/Common Object Model. A DCP developed by Microsoft.

It is built upon Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 2.0 standard and bundles over 35 programmable OLE automation objects. OLE is the most widely supported object-based software integration architecture available today.

There is growing acceptance and use of the dynamic linking of such objects as seen in the Windows world in Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).

See also: Object, Information, Software, GIS, Component