Distributed process framework

A server for providing a distributed processing framework comprising:

• an operating system (OS) abstraction layer framework;
• an OS specific project file for each of a plurality of supported operating systems;
• a repository of user distributed process object plugin modules that are loaded into a memory element, wherein each of the user distributed process object plugin modules is cross compiled, using an OS specific project file for any of a plurality of supported operating systems;
• a process load manager that is configured to commence a server process by loading one or more user distributed process object plugin modules;
• a hardware resource manager configured to allocate hardware resources for the loaded user distributed process object plugin modules;
• a command and controller configured to export a process specific command and control interface for each loaded user distributed process object plugin modules for receiving commands from one or more client machines to invoke aspects of the user distributed process object plugin modules;
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• an event notification interface configured to receive registrations from one or more client machines and to provide notification of a triggering event to the one more registered client machines.