What are ActiveX and OLE?

What are ActiveX and OLE?

- Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is about using documents generated by one application inside another application.
- ActiveX is a Microsoft rebranding of OLE with more focus on smart Windows controls.
- ActiveX control renames and reconstructs the OLE controls technology.
- OLE control has been replaced with the ActiveX control to distance the name from the older object linking and embedding technology.
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