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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

SOA

Definition(s):

  A collection of services. These services communicate with each other. The communication can involve either simple data passing or it could involve two or more services coordinating some activity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-95 Open Grid Services Architecture Glossary of Terms (25 January 2005)

  A set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functions that are built as software components (i.e., discrete pieces of code and/or data structures) that can be reused for different purposes.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 under Service-Oriented Architecture