Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Distributed Computing Environment
     
        (DCE) An architecture consisting of {standard} programming
        interfaces, conventions and {server} functionalities
        (e.g. naming, distributed file system, {remote procedure call})
        for distributing applications transparently across networks of
        {heterogeneous} computers.  DCE is promoted and controlled by
        the {Open Software Foundation} (OSF).
     
        {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.soft-sys.dce}.
     
        {(http://www.dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dce/dce.html)}.
     
        (1994-12-07)