orbit: ORBit-0.5.17 orbit: orbit: ORBit is a high-performance CORBA (Common Object Request Broker orbit: Architecture) ORB (object request broker). It allows programs to orbit: send requests and receive replies from other programs, regardless orbit: of the locations of the two programs. CORBA is an architecture that orbit: enables communication between program objects, regardless of the orbit: programming language they're written in or the operating system orbit: they run on. orbit: orbit: