What is WCF in simple terms?

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What is WCF in simple terms?

It\'s hard to distill the meaning from the Wikipedia page.

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WCF stands for Windows Communication Foundation. It's Microsoft's attempt to sort out and simplify network programming. It provides an easy to use level of abstraction over different communication protocols and transportation methods. It allows you to concentrate more on what you want to implement rather than thinking on how to implement it. Read Microsoft's WCF FAQ for more info.