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• Web Service:
  A web service communicates between machines, not human users, over a network. Its interface uses a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service using SOAP-messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with XML in conjunction with other Web-related standards. Cloudsnap often establishes connections through web services when SOAP APIs are transmitted.

• Web Socket:
  Persistent bidirectional communication channel between a browser (client) and backend service. Unlike an HTTP API Call, a web socket can transport various protocols and deliver messages between server and client without polling.

• Webhook:
  One of four trigger types that initiates a workflow instance. When a workflow uses a webhook, an event in the trigger application starts each instance. The event automatically pushes data into the payload for processing then posting in the connected application. The webhook provides near-real-time updates to the connected application.
• Workflow:
  

  Set of steps that represent a technical process. The steps define the data used in the process and how to transfer data from a source application to prepare it for a destination application. Initiated by a trigger, the workflow can reformat or recalculate data as it passes through each step in order. (See Trigger.) 

• Workflow Instance:
  Single run of a general workflow.
• Workflow Logs:
  See Logs.
• Workflow Steps:
  Events, or actions, that occur within a workflow: GET or POST in an API Call, transform JSON, and more.
• Workflow Template:
  Generic framework used to reduce workflow development time for common date transfers between frequently connected apps.
• Workflow Variables:
  See Variables.