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Component Object Model: History, Technology & Products

Component Object Model (COM) is a binary-interface technology for software components from Microsoft that enables using objects in a language-neutral way between different programming languages, programming contexts, processes and machines.

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Component Object Model topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Technology and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Component Object Model. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
111
Source areas
12
Connected nodes
126
Extracted relationships
52
Concept neighborhoods
49
Bridge connections
126

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 33 topics
History · 24 topics
Related technologies · 14 topics
Type system · 10 topics
Reference counting · 9 topics
Security · 7 topics
Type metadata storage · 6 topics
Binding · 3 topics
Criticisms · 2 topics
Programming context · 2 topics
Marshalling · 1 topics
Threading · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Abbreviation
COM
Base standards
MIDL, UUID
Domain
Component Interfacing
First published
1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Latest version
Living standard 2021
Organization
Microsoft

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Related technologies

Security

Binding

Type system

Reference counting

Programming context

Type metadata storage

Marshalling

Threading

Criticisms

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Component Object Model connects Entity context

The extracted context around Component Object Model shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Component Object Model → ActiveX Controls, August, Co-Inventor, COM, DCOM Glossary, Difference Between OLE Controls, Info, MicrosoftTypeLib Data Format Specification, MSDNInterview, The COM, Tony Williams, Video Webcast Another extracted example is Component Object Model → built upon COM: OLE, OLE Automation, Browser Helper Object, ActiveX, COM+, DCOM, Win32 API, Win64 API, Windows shell, DirectX, WDM, WDF, .NET CLR, Windows Runtime, replaced: DDE. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Component Object Model

Top relations

related to External links · 12
Component Object Model → ActiveX Controls, August, Co-Inventor, COM, DCOM Glossary, Difference Between OLE Controls, Info, MicrosoftTypeLib Data Format Specification, MSDNInterview, The COM, Tony Williams, Video Webcast
Related standards · 2
Component Object Model → built upon COM: OLE, OLE Automation, Browser Helper Object, ActiveX, COM+, DCOM, Win32 API, Win64 API, Windows shell, DirectX, WDM, WDF, .NET CLR, Windows Runtime, replaced: DDE
Abbreviation · 1
Component Object Model → COM
Base standards · 1
Component Object Model → MIDL, UUID
Domain · 1
Component Object Model → Component Interfacing
First published · 1
Component Object Model → 1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Latest version · 1
Component Object Model → Living standard 2021
Organization · 1
Component Object Model → Microsoft
Series · 1
Component Object Model → System Services
Status · 1
Component Object Model → In force

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

com object windows objects interface microsoft component via used net dcom use activex reference interfaces programming components ole type support

Component Object Model relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 52 structured relationships around Component Object Model. Examples in this analysis include Component Object Model → Abbreviation → COM and Component Object Model → Base standards → MIDL, UUID. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Component Object ModelAbbreviationCOM1.00infobox
Component Object ModelBase standardsMIDL, UUID1.00infobox
Component Object ModelDomainComponent Interfacing1.00infobox
Component Object ModelFirst published1993; 33 years ago (1993)1.00infobox
Component Object ModelLatest versionLiving standard 20211.00infobox
Component Object ModelOrganizationMicrosoft1.00infobox
Component Object ModelRelated standardsreplaced: DDE1.00infobox
Component Object ModelRelated standardsbuilt upon COM: OLE, OLE Automation, Browser Helper Object, ActiveX, COM+, DCOM, Win32 API, Win64 API, Windows shell, DirectX, WDM, WDF, .NET CLR, Windows Runtime1.00infobox
Component Object ModelSeriesSystem Services1.00infobox
Component Object ModelStatusIn force1.00infobox
Component Object ModelWebsitelearn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/com/the-component-object-model1.00infobox
DirectXinstance ofand DCOM as well as implementations0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Component Object Model bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Technologies, Model and Reference. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Component Object Model
    • Technologies
    • Model
    • Reference
    • Activex
    • Windows
    • Use
    • Also
    • Net
    • Ole
    • Programming
    • Com
    • Microsoft
  • component object model
    • System
    • Programming
    • Technologies
    • Model
    • Ole
    • Runtime
    • Reference
    • Activex
    • Type
    • Microsoft
    • Windows
    • Object
  • software components
    • Technology
    • Used
    • Using
    • Also
    • Windows
    • Support
    • Microsoft
    • System
    • Contexts
    • Model
    • Provides
    • Implementation
  • microsoft
    • Ole
    • Dcom
    • Activex
    • Technologies
    • Model
    • Introduced
    • Object
    • Technology
    • Library
    • Windows
    • Programming
    • Runtime
  • objects
    • Reference
    • Interfaces
    • Used
    • Using
    • Allows
    • Process
    • Calls
    • Net
    • Method
    • Use
    • Via
    • Interface
  • programming languages
    • System
    • Interface
    • Runtime
    • Multiple
    • Allows
    • Technology
    • Access
    • Calls
    • Library
    • Net
    • Method
    • Support
  • activex
    • Ole
    • Technologies
    • Microsoft
    • Component
    • Runtime
    • Model
    • Also
    • Dcom
    • Object
    • Windows
    • System
    • Using
  • com+
    • Object
    • Objects
    • Microsoft
    • Interface
    • Windows
    • Component
    • Used
    • Dcom
    • Components
    • Net
    • Reference
    • Model

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Component Object Model, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Component Object Model with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Component Object ModelOverview · splits 92 ⟂ 35
Component Object ModelHistory · splits 102 ⟂ 25
Component Object ModelRelated technologies · splits 112 ⟂ 15
Component Object ModelType system · splits 115 ⟂ 12
Component Object ModelReference counting · splits 117 ⟂ 10
Component Object ModelSecurity · splits 119 ⟂ 8
Component Object ModelType metadata storage · splits 120 ⟂ 7
Component Object ModelBinding · splits 123 ⟂ 4
Component Object ModelProgramming context · splits 124 ⟂ 3
Component Object ModelCriticisms · splits 124 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Component Object Model

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples52
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Component Object Model to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Technology & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Component Object Model · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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