service
1. the supply, installation, or maintenance of goods carried out by a dealer
2. a department of public employment and its employees
3. the work of a public servant
4. public worship carried out according to certain prescribed forms
5. the prescribed form according to which a specific kind of religious ceremony is to be carried out
6. a unified collection of musical settings of the canticles and other liturgical items prescribed by the Book of Common Prayer as used in the Church of England
7. (in feudal law) the duty owed by a tenant to his lord
8. the serving of a writ, summons, etc., upon a person
9. Nautical a length of tarred marline or small stuff used in serving
10. (of male animals) the act of mating
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What does it mean when you dream about a service?
Providing a service in a dream, depending upon how one feels about the service, may indicate something the dreamer wishes to share, or an ability that needs to be expressed. If, however, one is in need of the service—such as automobile service at a gas station, then a stop or respite to replenish or renew oneself may be indicated.
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service
[′sər·vəs] (engineering)
To perform services of maintenance, supply, repair, installation, distribution, and so on, for or upon an instrument, installation, vehicle, or territory.
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service
The conductors and equipment for delivering electric power from the electricity supply system to the wiring system of the premises served.
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service
A generic term that designates functions or assistance available from or rendered by air traffic control. For example, Class C service would denote the ATC (air traffic control) services provided within a Class C airspace area.
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service
(networking, programming)Work performed (or offered) by a
server. This may mean simply serving simple requests for
data to be sent or stored (as with file servers, gopher or
http servers, e-mail servers, finger servers, SQL
servers, etc.); or it may be more complex work, such as that
of irc servers, print servers, X Windows servers, or
process servers.
E.g. "Access to the finger service is restricted to the local subnet, for security reasons".
E.g. "Access to the finger service is restricted to the local subnet, for security reasons".
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service
(1) Any work performed by an organization can be called a service. Contrast with "product."(2) Functionality delivered by a cloud computing provider. See XaaS and cloud computing.
(3) Functionality derived by running software. For example, network services may refer to programs that analyze data or provide the conversion of data transmitting in a network. Database services store and retrieve data in a database. Web services add functionality to websites (see Web services).
(4) A facility on the Internet such as Web, email and newsgroups.
(5) A cable TV provider may offer various "services," such as TV, Internet and telephone.
(6) Software that runs in the background (as in the following example).
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| Services in Windows |
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| Although there are only five applications in this computer that are apparent to the user, there are more than 100 services running in the background. Most of these are started automatically at login. |
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| Services in Windows |
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| Although there are only five applications in this computer that are apparent to the user, there are more than 100 services running in the background. Most of these are started automatically at login. |
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