Microservice

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Definition

A tiny, independently deployable piece of software that handles one specific function, allowing you to scale complexity until nobody understands the system anymore.

Example Usage

We refactored our monolithic application into microservices to improve scalability and deployment flexibility.

Source: Software architecture terminology

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