web services

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Web Services

   <standard, programming, software> A family of {standards}
   promoted by the {W3C} for working with other business,
   {developers} and {programs} through open {protocols},
   {languages} and {APIs}, including {XML}, {Simple Object Access
   Protocol}, {WSDL} and {UDDI}.

   W3C Web Services (http://w3.org/2002/ws).

   (2004-06-23)