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<glossterm>COM</glossterm>
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Microsoft Component Object Model, a programming infrastructure for modular software.
COM enables applications to provide application programming interfaces which can be
accessed from various other programming languages and applications.
<ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> makes use of COM both internally and externally to provide a
comprehensive API to third party developers.
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