service-oriented development
nounA way of building computer programs by making many small helpers that talk to each other.
The team used service-oriented development to split the big app into small, reusable services.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. An approach to designing business processes around reusable services rather than monolithic systems.
Service-oriented development helped the company connect its billing and shipping systems.
3. A software engineering method that emphasizes independent, interoperable components communicating over a network.
Service-oriented development made it easier to replace one component without rewriting everything.
4. The practice of organizing IT capabilities as discoverable services that other applications can call.
Through service-oriented development, the inventory service became available to every department.