"All requests to Cloudant go over the web, which means any system that can speak to the web, can speak to Cloudant." Technically, the "web" is a combination of interlinked hypermedia documents and HTTP. It would be more accurate to say something like, "All requests to Cloudant go over HTTP, the protocol used by the web, which means any system that can speak HTTP can speak to Cloudant."
"All requests to Cloudant go over the web, which means any system that can speak to the web, can speak to Cloudant." Technically, the "web" is a combination of interlinked hypermedia documents and HTTP. It would be more accurate to say something like, "All requests to Cloudant go over HTTP, the protocol used by the web, which means any system that can speak HTTP can speak to Cloudant."