DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
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(DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programminginterfaces, conventions and server functionalities(e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call)for distributing applications transparently across networks ofheterogeneous computers. DCE is promoted and controlled bythe Open Software Foundation (OSF).Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.soft-sys.dce. (http://dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dce/dce.html).
By Denis Howe
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.