Microsoft's component software, which is based on COM objects. ActiveX technologies are based on COM; however, in the past, ActiveX has also been used as an umbrella term for COM objects. See COM.

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A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of ...