Service

Service

Service can refer to:
* Selfless service,
* Public services, services carried out with the aim of providing a public good
* Service (economics), the non-material equivalent of a good in economics and marketing
* Service (music), musical settings for sections of a service of worship
* Service (record label)
* Service (motor vehicle)
* Service Tree ("Sorbus domestica"), a species of tree
* Service sector, the tertiary sector of the economy
* Military service, a country's armed forces
* Civil service, career employees of government
* Domestic service, employment in a residence
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community
* Customer service, provision of assistance to customers or clients
* Service of worship, a meeting for the worship of a religious deity
* Service of process, the delivery of a summons, complaint or other court petition
* Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural), as defined by a building code
* Serve (tennis) or service, a shot to start a point in tennis
* Fan service, a Japanese term referring to something which is specifically designed to entertain fans

In technology:
* Service (systems architecture), the provision of a discrete function within a systems environment
* Windows service, a background computer program in Microsoft Windows
* Daemon (computer software), a background computer program in Unix
* Web service, a software system to support interaction over a network
* A program in the Services menu that processes selected data
* IRC services, a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks

People with the surname Service

* John S. Service (1909-1999), American diplomat
* Robert W. Service (1874-1958), poet
* Robert Service (historian), (born 1947), British historian

ee also

* Servant (disambiguation)
* Server (disambiguation)


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  • service — [ sɛrvis ] n. m. • v. 1050; lat. servitium « esclavage » I ♦ Obligation et action de servir (un supérieur, une autorité). A ♦ 1 ♦ Ensemble des devoirs que les citoyens ont envers l État, la société, et des activités qui en résultent. Admin.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • service — ser·vice 1 n 1: the act of delivering to or informing someone of a writ, summons, or other notice as prescribed by law after service of process see also notice by publication at notice, s …   Law dictionary

  • service — Service. s. m. L estat & la fonction de celuy ou de celle qui sert en qualité de domestique. Il estoit en service. la pauvreté la contrainte de mettre ses filles en service. il a esté dix ans à son service. le service chez cet homme là est aise,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Service — Serv ice, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another s command; attendance of an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • service — service1 [sʉr′vis] n. [ME servise < OFr < L servitium, servitude < servus, slave: see SERF] 1. the occupation or condition of a servant 2. a) employment, esp. public employment [diplomatic service] b) a branch or department of this,… …   English World dictionary

  • service — Service, Ministerium, Seruitium, Obsequium. Service faict, par lequel nous voulons acquerir la bonne grace d autruy Venditatio. Faire service, Inseruire. Faire quelque service à aucun et luy aider, Praeseruire, Plaut. Ils ont faict bon service en …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • service — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of serving. 2) a period of employment with an organization. 3) an act of assistance. 4) a ceremony of religious worship according to a prescribed form. 5) a system supplying a public need such as transport, or… …   English terms dictionary

  • service — SÉRVICE s.n. Staţie de reparare şi întreţinere a autoturismelor sau a diverselor aparate. [pr.: servis] – Din engl. service. Trimis de ana zecheru, 02.12.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  SERVICE [pr.: sérvis] n. Staţie de reparare a automobilelor sau a unor …   Dicționar Român

  • Service — Serv ice, n., or Service Serv ice [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Service — Serv ice, n., or Service Serv ice [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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