______ is described as "a paradigm for organizing and utilizing distributed [computing] capabilities that may be under the control of different ownership domains ...providing a uniform means to offer,discover,interact with and use capabilities to produce desired [business] effects."
A) Service-oriented architecture
B) Extensible markup language
C) A self-service portal
D) A shared-service center

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The definition given perfectly matches that of Service-oriented architecture (SOA), which allows for distributed computing capabilities to be organized and utilized uniformly by different domains to achieve desired business effects. B is incorrect as XML is a markup language used for data exchange, but does not relate to computing capabilities organization. C and D are also incorrect as they are not related to organizing distributed computing capabilities.

______ Is Described as "A Paradigm for Organizing and Utilizing