(DDE, ORiginally Dynamic Data Linking, DDL) A Microsoft Windows 3 hotlinkprotocol that allows application programs to communicate using a client-server model. Whenever the server (OR "publisher") modifies part of a document which is being shared via DDE, one OR mORe clients ("subscribers") are infORmed and include the modification in the copy of the data on which they are wORking. (1997-06-05)