Tech Glossary

What is Owin?

OWIN is an initiative to create a standard for how web applications and web servers interact. It enables developers to build applications that are portable between different platforms and web servers. OWIN defines a contract between application and server, enabling developers to build applications that are portable between different platforms and web servers. OWIN is not a web server or a web application framework, but it is an interface that defines how a web application and a web server should interact.