« Back to Glossary IndexVerwandter Inhalt « Zurück zum Glossar-Index Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Previous Column-store Database Management System (DBMS) Next A component architecture in Microsoft’s desktop operating system. A distributed version of COM (i.e., DCOM — the Distributed Component Object Model) enables the development of applications in which components are distributed over several computers (e.g., a client and one or more servers).