A service in SOA is an application function packaged as a reusable component for use in a business process.

在面向服务的体系结构(SOA)中，服务(service)是封装成用于业务流程的可重用组件的应用程序函数。

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In terms of SOA, you could argue that any application function whose interface you can describe with WSDL can be called a service.

依据SOA，你能够将任何可以用WSDL描述接口的应用程序功能称为服务。

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In the well-designed application, one state of the application function will move smoothly and quickly to the state of another function.

在设计良好的应用程序中，应用程序功能的一种状态可以平衡快速地转移到另一个功能状态上。

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Then I started to think, "Is there any way that we can save the consumers' effort and integrate everything, every function, every application, every information needs that a user wishes into one box?"

于是我开始思考，有没有一种办法，使得消费者’,省下精力与时间，将所有功能，所有应用，所有信息，按照用户所希望的，整合到一个搜索框内？

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Path 2.0 is a lovely application the function of which remains uncertain.

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He also mentioned that the application should be optimized for the device through which it will be utilized and that the application should also be optimized to function very well for its intended purpose.

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Depending upon how an application is combined with elastic infrastructure, the function of the cloud service could change from Infrastructure as a Service to Software as a Service.

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