# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| orbit: orbit orbit: orbit: ORBit is a high-performance CORBA (Common Object Request Broker orbit: Architecture) ORB (object request broker). It allows programs to send orbit: requests and receive replies from other programs, regardless of the orbit: locations of the two programs. CORBA is an architecture that enables orbit: communication between program objects, regardless of the programming orbit: language they're written in or the operating system they run on. orbit: orbit: ORBit is required by GNOME, and is needed to build Mozilla. orbit: