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What is a Web Service?

A web service is a software component that exposes itself through the open communication channels of the Internet. Applications running on remote machines, on potentially different platforms, can access these components in a language and platform-independent manner.
A Web Service is a group of functions, packaged together for use in a common framework throughout a network.

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Last Update: November 14, 2006

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