service
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)