The network computing architecture and system: an environment for developing distributed applications

Author

Dineen, Terence H. ; Leach, P.J. ; Mishkin, N.W. ; Pato, J.N. ; Wyant, Geofley L.

Author_Institution

Apollo Comput. Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988

Firstpage

296

Lastpage

299

Abstract

A description is given of the network computing architecture (NCA), an object-oriented framework for developing distributed applications in a heterogeneous computing environment. The network computing system (NCS) is a portable implementation of that architecture that runs on Unix and other systems. The object-oriented approach is examined. The network interface definition language (NIDL) is then introduced and discussed. Network data representation is considered. The NCS NIDL compiler, the location broker, and the NCA/RPC protocol and NCS implementation are discussed.<>

Keywords

computer networks; distributed processing; high level languages; program compilers; programming environments; NCA/RPC protocol; NCS NIDL compiler; Unix; distributed applications; heterogeneous computing environment; location broker; network computing architecture; network computing system; network data representation; network interface definition language; object-oriented framework; Algorithms; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Network servers; Portable computers; Protocols; Robustness; Runtime;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0828-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4877

Filename

4877