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In Amazon Associates Web Service, the term "operation" is synonymous with the terms function and method. Amazon Associates Web Service operations are included in every request and they cause Amazon Associates Web Service web servers to take some action, for example, to find items in Amazon's databases or to find similar items. Think of each Amazon Associates Web Service operation as a different means of querying Amazon's databases for information. Amazon Associates Web Service does not offer any operations that place information on Amazon databases.
The following sections provide an overview of Amazon Associates Web Service operations.
