middleware.

Software that supplies communication or shared services between applications, components, or underlying systems.

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Words that belong together

• a middleware layer
• messaging middleware

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The middleware layer passed the request on without understanding its significance.

Messaging middleware kept the devices connected until the shared service failed.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.