Heterogeneity.pptVIP

Heterogeneity Applies to all of the following: networks Internet protocols mask the differences between networks computer hardware e.g. data types such as integers can be represented differently operating systems e.g. the API to IP differs from one OS to another programming languages data structures (arrays, records) can be represented differently implementations by different developers they need agreed standards so as to be able to interwork Middleware provides a programming abstraction and masks the heterogeneity of networks etc. Chapter 5: Middleware programming models Procedure call mo