
orb (ôrb) noun
1. A sphere or spherical object.
2. a. A celestial body, such as the
sun
or
moon.
b. Archaic. The planet Earth.
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3. One of a series of concentric
transparent spheres thought by ancient and medieval astronomers to revolve
about Earth and carry the celestial bodies.
4. A globe surmounted by
a cross, used as a symbol of monarchial power and justice.
5. An eye or eyeball.
6. Archaic. Something of
circular form; a circle or an orbit.
7. Archaic. A range of endeavor
or activity; a province.
verb
orbed, orbing, orbs verb,
transitive
1. To shape into a circle
or sphere.
2. Archaic. To encircle;
enclose.
verb, intransitive
Archaic.
To move in an orbit.
[Middle English orbe, orbit,
from Old French, from Latin orbis, circle, disk, orbit.]
ORB
ORB (orb, O`R-B') noun
Acronym for object request broker. In client/server
applications, an
interface
to which the client makes a request for an object. The ORB then directs
the request to the server containing the object and then returns the resulting
values to the client.
CORBA
CORBA (kor'be, C`O-R`B-A')
noun
Acronym for Common Object Request
Broker Architecture. A specification developed by the Object Management Group
in 1992 in which pieces of programs (objects) communicate with other objects
in other programs, even if the two programs are written in different programming
languages
and are running on different platforms. A program makes its request for objects
through an object request broker or ORB and thus does not need to know the structure
of the program from where the object comes. CORBA is designed to work in object-oriented
environments.
personal space/time
relevancy:
1990 through _Live 93_. this was my introduction to electronic music.
i bought a used cassette of a _U.F.Orb_ promo for a buck just to experiment
away from the band format stuff i was listening to... i was hooked. ambient
house at its most sublime. dub, nature, space, and a narrative.
a very cohesive conceptual entity until he decided to get arty and experimental.
the most dense ethereal sounds you can come down to. - @Om*
5/30/00
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