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| Term
| Web service
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| Definition
| Library of functionality addressable by URL that is stateless and independent of its consumers. Hosted by a Web server, a Web service provides information and services to other network applications—consumers—using the HTTP and SOAP protocols, and the XML language.
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| See also
| Web service consumer, Web service provider
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