Month: October 2016

Credit card jargon

PAN – the card number BIN – the first 6 digits of the card number, which identifies the issuer of the card   CVV –  It is on the back of your card. Normally it has 3 digits.  Providing your CVV number to an online merchant proves that you actually have the physical credit or …

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Library dependency V.S. Remote API dependency in SOA

Pros of Library Dependency: Simplicity in terms of implementation. In java, all you need is Maven. There is no need for any RPC serialiser or RPC middleware.  Simplicity in terms of deployment. You will need less applications than the RPC approach. Each application requires investment of auto-deployment, monitoring, hardware resources, and load balancing in some …

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