Web services are sellable functions that can be accessed independent of platforms and programming languages.

Web服务是适于销售的函数，可以使用任何平台和任何编程语言访问它们。

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The messages are defined in terms of XML -- a data format that is itself independent of programming languages and operating system considerations.

而消息是用 XML 定义的——XML 是一种数据格式，其本身就与编程语言和操作系统这些考虑事项无关。

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SOAP USES XML for carrying data, so it is platform-independent and programming language-independent.

SOAP使用xml来“承载”数据，因此与平台和编程语言无关。

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Bigger independents do indeed dominate: five of them make 80% of all independent programming hours.

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Only consolation (not that this is schadenfreude or anything) is that the PC used for programming it for independent flight apparently threw a hissy fit on the day, so the only good video available is of a guy piloting it.

ENGADGET: Video of Seiko Epson's flying microbot

The lack of standard broadcasting equipment has so far prevented Caribbean independent producers from competing with foreign programming, as well as from gaining access to the international market.

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