Watir-classic makes use of the fact that Ruby has built in Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) capabilities.

Microsoft relied on this standard when it developed a remote computing capability for Windows known as Object Linking and Embedding, or OLE.

All the Office 2000 applications support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which allows moving data automatically between various programs.

It competes in some ways with Object Linking and Embedding, a program that Microsoft is including in its Windows software.

In general terms the concept was very similar to Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding system.

Object Linking and Embedding has some very strict rules to prevent this-interfaces are required to be stable and memory managers are not shared.

Windows 4 will also include release 2.0 of Object Linking and Embedding, and should run most NT applications.

Real meaning: Object Linking and Embedding.

Beginning with Windows 3.1, Cardfile supported Object Linking and Embedding.

DLL is part of the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) mechanism.