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".
(1997-09-11)
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