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== Origins ==

Middleware is a relatively new addition to the computing landscape. It gained popularity in the 1980s as a solution to the problem of how to link newer applications to older legacy systems, although the term had been in use since 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Nick|last=Gall|url=http://ironick.typepad.com/ironick/2005/07/update_on_the_o.html|title=OriginUpdate on the origin of the term ''''"middleware"|date=July 30, 2005}}</ref> It also facilitated [[distributed processing]], the connection of multiple applications to create a larger application, usually over a network.

==Use==