!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([SOA]) is a [Software Architecture Model] where [services] are provided to the other components by application components, through a communication protocol over a network. 

The basic principles of [{$pagename}] are independent of vendors, products and technologies.

A [service] is a discrete unit of functionality that can be accessed remotely and acted upon and updated independently, such as retrieving a credit card statement online.

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* [#1] - [Service-oriented_architecture|Wikipedia:Service-oriented_architecture|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-12-22