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web service

service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device, communicating with each other via the World Wide Web
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web service

Summary

web service is a software category[1]. It draws 1,073 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #49 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • web service's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • web service is a type of service[4].
  • web service's Commons category is recorded as Web services[5].
  • web service's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Web services[6].
  • web service's facet of is recorded as service type[7].
  • web service's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/web-services[8].
  • web service's different from is recorded as online service[9].
  • web service's different from is recorded as website[10].
  • web service's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003304[11].

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Definition and Type

web service's instance of is recorded as software category[3]. It is a type of service[4].

Why It Matters

web service draws 1,073 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #49 of 263).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Web services
    Instance of → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0213552-WWW-sluzby
    Instance of → software category
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0213552-WWW-sluzby, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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