a modern alternative to object middleware such as CORBA™ or COM/DCOM/COM+. Ice is easy to learn, yet provides a powerful network infrastructure for demanding technical applications.
a toolkit for the development of massively online universes. It provides the base technologies and a set of development methodologies for the development of both client and server code.
network programming library. It is designed to take the pain out of programming network communications applications, providing an easy to use and cross-platform interface.