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ObjectWeb defines middleware as: "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?|accessdate=2005-05-06|publisher=ObjectWeb.org|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507151935/http://middleware.objectweb.org/|archivedate=2005-05-07|df=}}</ref>

== '''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=Origin of the term ''''|date=July 30, 2005}}</ref> It also facilitated [[distributed processing]], the connection of multiple applications to create a larger application, usually over a network.