2.1 Introduction

2.1.5 Terminology

Functional Developer supports OLE 2, and follows Microsoft in referring to it as simply "OLE".

We use "OLE/COM" as an umbrella term for all COM-based technologies.

Some of the technologies built on top of COM are now officially labeled "ActiveX", but we generally use the longer-standing term "OLE" to describe them. Thus we say "OLE control" rather than "ActiveX control".