!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is [software] [applications] that provides [services] beyond those provided by the [Operating System] to enable the various components of a, usually [Distributed system], to [communicate|Communication] and manage [data]. 


[{$pagename}] is especially common to [Information Technology] based on [XML], [SOAP], [Web Service], and [Service-oriented Architecture].

[{$pagename}] is a "loosely" not well defined term with considerable confusion surrounding the term outside of a specific [Implementation] or [Organizational Entity].

[{$pagename}] may refer to the Department within the an [Organizational Entity] 

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* [#1] - [Middleware_(distributed_applications)|Wikipedia:Middleware_(distributed_applications)|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2015-07-04