OPC - OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) for Process Control :: The Industrial Interoperability Standard
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Object Linking and Embedding is used to provide integration among applications, enabling a high degree of application compatibility, even among diverse types of information, OLE technology is based on COM, and allows for the development of reusable, plug-and-play objects that are interoperable across multiple applications (see accompanying OLE Automation definition). It also provides for reusable, component-based software development, where software components can be written in any language, supplied by any software vendor.