Web services standardize the format (XML) and the protocol (SOAP) for application-to-application communication. Such standardization spurs software vendors to create quality applications with focused ...

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A web application firewall (WAF) is a critical component of an enterprise security infrastructure, providing a key security layer for web-facing applications and APIs. As web applications mature and ...

Software is called "multi-tenanted" if a single instance can serve multiple tenants, and multi-tenancy is often referred to as an application "architecture." Cloud-native technology is challenging ...

Ada isn’t a well-known language to web-application developers. However, it has several strengths that makes the final application scalable, robust, and more secure than other languages. A web ...

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REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...

Jamstack is a web application architecture based on three pillars, which provide the initials in its name: JavaScript, APIs, and markup. Web pages on a Jamstack site consist of standard markup ...

Real-time operating systems (RTOSs) are finding their way into nearly every IoT device. The capability of an RTOS to manage low-level resources and complex timing requirements make them well suited ...