What is "orbix"

Orbix may refer to:

• Orbix (toy), a battery-operated puzzle toy from Milton Bradley released in 1995
• Orbix (software)

Orbix is a battery-operated puzzle toy from Milton Bradley released in 1995. It consists of a ball covered with 12 pressable lights, in which the player attempts to turn them all on. The challenge is when any of the lights are pressed, it affects the state of the surrounding lights. The puzzle was patented by Uwe Mèffert on October 15, 1996 and is number US 5,564,702.

Orbix is a CORBA ORB ( Object Request Broker) – a software product from Micro Focus (originally from Iona Technologies, then Progress Software, eventually acquired by Micro Focus in December 2012) which helps programmers build distributed applications. Orbix is an implementation of the OMG's ( Object Management Group) CORBA Specification.