{"id":10485,"date":"2011-07-25T13:14:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/web-components\/"},"modified":"2014-11-07T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T08:22:00","slug":"web-components","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24353\/web-components","title":{"rendered":"Web Components"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_web_components_mean\">What Does Web Components Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Web component is a server-side object used by a Web-based client (browsers) to interact with J2EE applications. 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