"Web service" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Web services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Web service (plural Web services)
  1. (Internet, Web) A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: WS Hypernyms: service Translations (software designed to support interaction over a network): service web [masculine] (French), webservice [masculine] (French), Webservice [masculine] (German), υπηρεσία Ιστού (ypiresía Istoú) [feminine] (Greek), υπηρεσία Web (ypiresía Web) [feminine] (Greek), Web hizmeti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Web_service-en-noun-OxpLTV5r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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