SoftwareMiddleware is defined as software that provides a link between separate software applications. MiddlewareIt is sometimes calledreferred to as plumbing because it connects two applications and passes data between them. Middleware allows data contained in one database to be accessed through another. This definitionmakes wouldit particularly useful fitfor [[enterprise application integration]] and [[data integration]] softwaretasks.
ObjectWebIn definesmore abstract terms, middleware as:is "The software layer that lies between the [[operating system]] and applications on each side of a distributed computing system in a network."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sacha|last=Krakowiak|url=http://middleware.objectweb.org/|title=What's middleware?|access-date=2005-05-06|publisher=ObjectWeb.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507151935/http://middleware.objectweb.org/|archive-date=2005-05-07}}</ref>
