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# AWS-hosted Microservices

Microservices are (usually API style) services or applications which perform a specific task that other web services or applications can leverage. They are typically middleware type components that enable:

1. Simplification of a web application (or service) by separating out specific utility tasks into a separate component, and/or 
2. Standardization and provision of the same process that can be used by multiple web applications or other services, and/or
3. Predefined information or processes to bridge (or be shared between) organizations without direct network connections.

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