The Astronomy Common Object Model (ASCOM) Initiative is a collective of developers and manufacturers who work together to create a plug-and-play compatibility between astronomical instruments and software on Windows computers. The purpose of ASCOM is to provide a driver-client layer that separates device-specifics from the application software that utilizes them. The drivers are designed to be used with all major programming languages.
The ASCOM Initiative is a loosely-knit group of developers and astronomical instrument makers that work together to bring vendor-independent and language-independent plug-and play compatibility between astronomy software and astronomical instruments on Windows computers. ASCOM stands for the Astronomy Common Object Model. The main goal of ASCOM is to provide a driver-client layer to separate astronomy device-specifics from the application software that uses those devices. It is also a goal to make the drivers usable from all programming languages (that matter), leaving astronomy software developers the freedom to use the development tools and language(s) of their choice.
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