Activex

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ActiveX
       
           A type of {COM} component that can
          self-register, also known as an "ActiveX control".  All COM
          objects implement the "IUnknown" interface but an ActiveX
          control usually also implements some of the standard


          interfaces for embedding, user interface, methods, properties,
          events, and persistence.
       
          ActiveX controls were originally called "{OLE} Controls", and
          were required to provide all of these interfaces but that
          requirement was dropped, and the name changed, to make ActiveX
          controls lean enough to be downloaded as part of a web page.
       
          Because ActiveX components can support the OLE embedding
          interfaces, they can be included in web pages.  Because they
          are COM objects, they can be used from languages such as
          {Visual Basic}, {Visual C++}, {Java}, {VBScript}.
       
          ["Understanding ActiveX and OLE", David Chappell, MS Press,
          1996].
       
          {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/com/tech/activex.asp)}.
       
          (2002-04-19)