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message broker

In a telecommunication network where programs communicate by exchanging formally-defined messages (that is, through the act of messaging ), a message broker is an intermediary program that translates a message from the formal messaging protocol of the sender to the formal messaging protocol of the receiver. Message broker programs are sometimes known as middleware .

Last updated on: Apr 05, 2005

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