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WCF Service Applications

Like web services, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services have their own set of terms. It is important that you have a baseline understanding of these before discussing the key concepts around WCF service applications. The following list details these key terms related to WCF services.

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It is not imperative that you understand all of these terms to work with WCF. However, it can be helpful to have a cursory understanding when you are creating and configuring these services.

• WCF Service—A WCF service is a set of logic that you expose to multiple clients as a service. A service might have one or more service operations (think methods). A WCF service is exposed to clients through one or more endpoints ...