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 A lightweight C++ REST and SOAP client and server library based on *Boost.Asio*.
 
+*Web* represents *Web Service*, and *cc* represents *C++* since it's a commonly used C++ source file extension name (especially in Google's source code). 
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 Please turn to our [Wiki](https://github.com/sprinfall/webcc/wiki) for more tutorials and guides.
 
 ## Quick Start