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WCF
Windows Communication Foundation is a framework for building service-oriented applications. Using WCF, you can send data as asynchronous messages from one service endpoint to another.
| First released | 2006 |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Open-source | Not defined |
Interesting facts
Messages are exchanged in one of several patterns. The most common pattern is the request/reply pattern, where one endpoint requests data from a second endpoint. The second endpoint replies.