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• An application that exists in a distributed environment, such as the Internet. A Web service accepts a request, performs its function based on the request, and returns a response. The request and the response can be part of the same operation, or they can occur separately, in which case the consumer does not need to wait for a response. Both the request and the response usually take the form of XML, a portable data-interchange format, and are delivered over a wire protocol, such as HTTP.
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  Web service. (n.d.). Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 1.4 Glossary. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/web-service.

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  Web service. java.sun.com. Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 1.4 Glossary. Sun Microsystems. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/web-service (accessed: January 28, 2023).

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  "Web service." Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 1.4 Glossary. Sun Microsystems. 28 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/web-service.

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