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)