<s>
The	O
Base	B-Operating_System
One	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
Component	I-Operating_System
Library	I-Operating_System
(	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
toolkit	O
for	O
building	O
secure	O
,	O
fault-tolerant	B-General_Concept
,	O
database	O
applications	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
,	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
provides	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
for	O
working	O
with	O
databases	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
running	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux/Unix	O
,	O
or	O
IBM	O
iSeries	O
or	O
z/OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFC	B-Operating_System
includes	O
facilities	O
for	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
batch	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
queuing	O
,	O
and	O
database	O
command	O
scripting	B-Language
,	O
and	O
these	O
run	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
or	O
Linux	O
with	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFC	B-Operating_System
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
database-centric	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
whose	O
cross-DBMS	O
data	B-Application
dictionary	I-Application
plays	O
a	O
central	O
role	O
in	O
supporting	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
,	O
validation	O
,	O
optimization	O
,	O
and	O
maintainability	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
’s	O
core	O
technologies	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
underlying	O
U.S.	O
patents	O
in	O
database	O
communication	O
and	O
high	O
precision	O
arithmetic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFC	B-Operating_System
supports	O
a	O
unique	O
model	O
of	O
large	O
scale	O
,	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deutsche	O
Bank	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
to	O
build	O
its	O
securities	O
 '	O
custody	O
system	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
successful	O
examples	O
of	O
commercial	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFC	B-Operating_System
implements	O
a	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
architecture	O
that	O
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
model	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
virtual	O
supercomputer	O
"	O
composed	O
of	O
loosely	O
coupled	O
"	O
batch	B-General_Concept
job	I-General_Concept
servers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFC	B-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Base	O
One	O
International	O
Corp.	O
,	O
funded	O
by	O
projects	O
done	O
for	O
Marsh	O
&	O
McLennan	O
and	O
Deutsche	O
Bank	O
that	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADF	O
was	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
and	O
was	O
jointly	O
developed	O
by	O
Johnson	O
&	O
Higgins	O
and	O
Base	O
One	O
programmers	O
,	O
with	O
Base	O
One	O
retaining	O
ownership	O
of	O
ADF	O
,	O
and	O
Johnson	O
&	O
Higgins	O
retaining	O
all	O
rights	O
to	O
Stars	O
risk	O
management	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Content	O
Galaxy	O
Inc.	O
,	O
whose	O
video	O
publishing	O
service	O
was	O
built	O
with	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
"	O
was	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
MFC	B-Language
Microsoft	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
,	O
which	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
extended	O
through	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
class	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
large-scale	O
,	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
database	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
incorporate	O
BFC	B-Operating_System
components	O
into	O
web	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
written	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
Microsoft	O
programming	O
languages	O
(	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
VB.NET	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
older	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
COM/ActiveX	B-Application
,	O
MFC	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Crystal	B-Application
Reports	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFC	B-Operating_System
works	O
with	O
both	O
managed	O
and	O
unmanaged	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
construct	O
either	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
or	O
rich	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
applications	O
,	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
browser-based	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
