====== Web Service ======
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**Web Service** is a software service used to communicate between two devices on a network.

More specifically, a Web service is a software application with a standardized way of providing interoperability between disparate applications. It does so over [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:http]] using technologies such as [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:x:xml]], [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:soap]], [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:w:wsdl]], and [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uddi]]. 

Source: [[https://www.techopedia.com/definition/25301/web-service ]]


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