Middleware

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

  middleware
       
          Software that mediates between an {application program} and a
          {network}.  It manages the interaction between disparate
          applications across the heterogeneous computing {platform}s.
          The {Object Request Broker} (ORB), software that manages


          communication between {objects}, is an example of a middleware
          program.