Chapter 68. Creating and Consuming Web Services
Understanding Web Services
At its very simplest, a Web Service is a Web-based application that can communicate and exchange data with other such applications over the Internet without regard for application, platform, syntax, or architecture. The Web Services technology provides a new, standardized way of communicating between—and integrating with—applications that connect to the Internet. Web Services are made possible by industry standards such as the Transport Content Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Hypertext ...
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