Jini

Jini - a lightweight environment for dynamically discovering and using services on a network. The technology is used mostly in reference to allowing “network plug and play” for devices. It allows devices such as printers to dynamically connect to and download drivers from the network and register their services as being available. The goal in developing Jini was to create a dynamically networked environment for devices, services, and applications. In this environment, services and devices could be added to and removed from the network dynamically.