Initial references
An initial reference is a well-known object reference associated
with an identifier. CORBA provides mechanisms to configure, list, and get
(or resolve) initial references. Obtaining an initial reference
of the Naming Service also is called "bootstrapping".

CORBA concepts
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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 8:07:48 PM CDT
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