Object Linking and Embedding

operating system (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 wordprocessor or a picture to a bitmap editor using OLE.

(1998-12-17)