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I have supported various web services over many years but need to clearly what is meant by the term &quot;web API.&quot;<br />
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Please give me a short description so I can judge if I have worked with this or not.<br />
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Thanks
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I have supported various web services over many years but need to clearly what is meant by the term "web API."

Please give me a short description so I can judge if I have worked with this or not.

Thanks

In a .NET sense, what is meant by &quot;web API&quot;

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Web Services

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In a .NET sense, what is meant by &quot;web API&quot;

In a .NET sense, what is meant by "web API"