Service

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Service may refer to:

Acts of service

Administrative service, a part of the work load of university faculty
Civil service, the body of employees of a government
Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a punishment that may be imposed by a court
Customer service, provision of assistance to customers or clients
Table service, food served by waiters and waitresses, also known as servers
Domestic service, employment in a residence
Fan service, a Japanese term referring to something which is specifically designed to entertain fans
Military service, a country's armed forces
Public services, services carried out with the aim of providing a public good
Selfless service, a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award
Service of process or police administration — and warrants, by Sheriffs in the United States

Service (business), An aggregation of a service engagement with one or more service acts between two or more service systems creating service outcomes
Service (economics), the non-material equivalent of a good in economics and marketing, within the service-product continuum (as used in marketing mix article)
- Service sector, the traditional tertiary sector of the economy
- Service economy, which increases the integration of services in other sectors of the economy
- Service system, or customer service system (CSS), including:
Service contract (disambiguation), with various levels of management, relations or integration in a service system:
- Professional services
- Service level agreement (SLA)
- Managed services
- Outsourcing
Building services engineering
Service provider (SP), including in IT service management (ITSM):
- Communications service provider (CSP), including:
  - Network service provider (NSP), including:
    - Telecommunications service provider (TSP)
    - Broadcasting service provider
    - Internet service provider (ISP)
- Managed services provider (MSP), including:
  - Application service provider (ASP)
  - Storage service provider (SSP)
- Hosted service provider (xSP), combining offers of a CSP (usually an ISP) and an MSP (usually an ASP)

The function provided by a server (computing)
Service (systems architecture), the provision of a discrete function within a systems environment:
- Service-oriented architecture (SOA), a design pattern in which application components provide services to other components via a communications protocol, typically over a network
- Service layer, a conceptual layer within a network service provider architecture
Local implementations in software:
- Daemon (computing), a background computer program in Unix
- Windows service, a background computer process belonging to no user in a Microsoft Windows system
- A program in the Services menu under Mac OS X that processes selected data
Network service
Telecommunications service, including:
- Web service, a software system to support interaction over a network
- Internet Relay Chat services (IRC), a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks
Value-added service or content service provided by communication service provider (CSP), including:
- Services of an Intelligent Network (IN), for telecommunications
  - GSM services
- Web hosting service
- Software as a service (SaaS)
Service mode, a hidden mode on an electronic device that can be entered by a code, giving access to service features or maintenance
Radiocommunication service, according to ITU Radio Regulations (RR) Article 1.19

Service (surname)
Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural), as defined by a building code
Serve (tennis) or service, a shot to start a point in tennis
Service (motor vehicle)
Service of process, the delivery of a summons, complaint or other court petition
Service Tree (Sorbus domestica), a species of tree
Service High School, a public high school in Anchorage, Alaska