difference between WCF Services and Web Services and REST Service

Question

What is the difference between WCF Services and Web Services in .net
When should I use WCF and when to use Web Services.Is REST and WCF service the same? Thanks

Answer 1

REST is an architecture

WCF is a API in .NET Framework to build connected service oriented application.

In olden days a functionality developed as Web Service was accessible via internet and the same to be available on local network was available via Remoting.

Using WCF we don't need to develop different code for it to be accessible over internet and on local network. Just configuring it with bindings would be enough.