middleware
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of middleware
C20: from middle + (soft)ware
Example Sentences
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Rather than being fed content according to the platforms’ internal algorithms, “a competitive ecosystem of middleware providers … could filter platform content according to the user’s individual preferences,” writes Fukuyama.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024
You have to get all of those things to speak to each other, so the infrastructure layer and the middleware of your software stack horizontally goes across.
From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2022
Such Windows boxes are usually hosting specialized software packages and sometimes integrated with middleware clients.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2018
BlackBerry said it will work with middleware supplier PolySync and semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corp, as well as its hometown University of Waterloo, to build an autonomous concept vehicle.
From Reuters • Dec. 19, 2016
It also provides an additional middleware function to have more control over how a service responds at a global level.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2015
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