What (who) is Uniface - definition

LOW-CODE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM

UNIFACE

Uniface

1. <database, programming, product> A 4GL development environment and system integration tool marketed by Compuware. Uniface is database independent, with interfaces to more than 14 database management systems and file retrieval systems including DB2, IMS, SQL Server, Oracle, RDB, Sybase. It is currently supported on {MS Windows} (98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003), various Unix flavours, Linux, OpenVMS, IBM iSeries (AS/400), {IBM zSeries} (MVS) and various web servers. Uniface can integrate with SAP, COM, Java, BEA Tuxedo, CICS, and various CORBA implementations. Uniface user group Germany (http://c-b-g.org/). Profesional Uniface Users Universe (http://puuu.org/). Free tutorials (http://march-hare.com.au/). 2. <text> Synonym of bitmap font. (1999-01-05)

Uniface

In archaeology, a uniface is a specific type of stone tool that has been flaked on one surface only. There are two general classes of uniface tools: modified flakes—and formalized tools, which display deliberate, systematic modification of the marginal edges, evidently formed for a specific purpose.

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uniface

¦ adjective (of a coin or medallion) having one side blank.

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Uniface (programming language)

Uniface is a low-code development and deployment platform for enterprise applications that can run in a large range of runtime environments, including mobile, mainframe, web, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Windows, Java EE, and .NET. Uniface is used to create mission-critical applications.

Uniface applications are database- and platform-independent. Uniface provides an integration framework that enables Uniface applications to integrate with all major DBMS products such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and IBM Db2. In addition, Uniface also supports file systems such as RMS (HP OpenVMS), Sequential files, operating system text files and a wide range of other technologies, such as IBM mainframe-based products (CICS, IMS), web services, SMTP, POP email, LDAP directories, .NET, ActiveX, Component Object Model (COM), C(++) programs, and Java. Uniface operates under Microsoft Windows, various flavors of Unix, Linux, CentOS and IBM i.

Uniface can be used in complex systems that maintain critical enterprise data supporting mission-critical business processes such as point-of sale and web-based online shopping, financial transactions, salary administration, and inventory control. It is currently used by thousands of companies in more than 30 countries, with an effective installed base of millions of end-users. Uniface applications range from client/server to web, and from data entry to workflow, as well as portals that are accessed locally, via intranets and the internet.

Originally developed in the Netherlands by Inside Automation, later Uniface B.V., the product and company were acquired by Detroit-based Compuware Corp in 1994, and in 2014 was acquired by Marlin Equity Partners and continued as Uniface B.V. global headquartered in Amsterdam. In February 2021 Uniface was acquired by Rocket Software headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

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Examples of use of Uniface

1. Other oddities in his collection include: Indian bank notes with distinct numerations, from 111111 to ''''''; special Haj pilgrimage commemorative notes from Pakistan; Chinese notes specially designed to be distributed at funerals, as is customary; «uniface» notes from Austria and Hong Kong that only depict the numeric value of the currency on one side; uncut sheets of Lithuanian notes; and German currencies dating back centuries.