|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| ORBit2: ORBit2 (CORBA ORB library) ORBit2: ORBit2: ORBit is a high-performance CORBA (Common Object Request Broker ORBit2: Architecture) ORB (object request broker). It allows programs to ORBit2: send requests and receive replies from other programs, regardless ORBit2: of the locations of the two programs. CORBA is an architecture that ORBit2: enables communication between program objects, regardless of the ORBit2: programming language they're written in or the operating system they ORBit2: run on. ORBit2: ORBit2: