web services

Definitions

A standardized medium for propagating communication between client and server applications on the World Wide Web.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network, typically using XML or JSON formats.

Examples

Our company uses web services to integrate data between the mobile app and the backend database.

Developers often rely on RESTful web services to enable communication between different software systems.

The new API documentation provides clear instructions on how to consume our secure web services.

Synonyms

APIs microservices network services remote procedures web APIs middleware service-oriented architecture

Antonyms

monoliths standalone applications offline software local processes desktop applications isolated systems non-networked software