Object Linking and Embedding
(OLE) A distributed object system and
{protocol} from {Microsoft}, also used on the Acorn
{Archimedes}. OLE allows an editor to "farm out" part of a
document to another editor and then reimport it. For example,
a {desk-top publishing} system might send some text to a {word
processor} or a picture to a {bitmap} editor using OLE.
(1998-12-17)