Service (disambiguation)
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Acts of service

  • Administrative service
    Tenure
    Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.-19th century:...

    , a part of the work load of university faculty
  • Civil service
    Civil service
    The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....

    , career employees of government
  • Community service
    Community service
    Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....

    , volunteer service for the benefit of a community, or a punishment that may be imposed by a court
  • Customer service
    Customer service
    Customer service is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase.According to Turban et al. , “Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction – that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer...

    , provision of assistance to customers or clients
  • Table service
  • Domestic service
    Domestic worker
    A domestic worker is a man, woman or child who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to cleaning and household maintenance, known as housekeeping...

    , employment in a residence
  • Fan service
    Fan service
    , fanservice, or , is a term originating from anime and manga fandom for material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience. It is about "servicing" the fan - giving the fans "exactly what they want"...

    , a Japanese term referring to something which is specifically designed to entertain fans
  • Military service
    Military service
    Military service, in its simplest sense, is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft . Some nations require a specific amount of military service from every citizen...

    , a country's armed forces
  • Public services
    Public services
    Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly or by financing private provision of services. The term is associated with a social consensus that certain services should be available to all, regardless of income...

    , services carried out with the aim of providing a public good
  • Selfless service
    Selfless Service
    Selfless service is a commonly used term to denote a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award for the person performing it.-Religious significance:...

    , a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award.
  • Service of process
    Service of process
    Service of process is the procedure employed to give legal notice to a person of a court or administrative body's exercise of its jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court, body or other tribunal...

     or police administration — and warrants, by Sheriffs in the United States

Economics

  • Service (economics), the non-material equivalent of a good in economics and marketing
  • Service sector, the tertiary sector of the economy

Religion

  • Church service
    Church service
    In Christianity, a church service is a term used to describe a formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing seventh-day Sabbatarianism. The church service is the gathering together of Christians to be...

    , Christian communal worship, often held in a church
  • Divine Service (Lutheran), the public worship of Lutheran churches
  • Service (music)
    Service (music)
    In Anglican church music, a service is a musical setting of certain parts of the liturgy, generally for choir with or without organ accompaniment.-Morning Prayer:*Venite *Te Deum or Benedicite...

    , musical settings for sections of a service of worship
  • Service of worship
    Service of worship
    In the Protestant denominations of Christianity, a service of worship is a meeting whose primary purpose is the worship of God. The phrase is normally shortened to service. It is also commonly called a worship service...

    , a meeting for the worship of a religious deity

Technology

  • A program in the Services menu
    Services menu
    The Services menu is a user interface element in a computer operating system. The services are programs that accept input from the user selection, process it, and optionally put the result back in the clipboard. The concept originated in the NeXTSTEP operating system, from which it was carried...

     under Mac OS X that processes selected data
  • Building services engineering
    Building services engineering
    Building services engineering, technical building services, architectural engineering, or building engineering is the engineering of the internal environment and environmental impact of a building...

  • Communications service provider
    Communications Service Provider
    A communications service provider or CSP is a service provider that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the telecom , Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses.The market in which a communication service provider specializes...

  • Daemon (computer software)
    Daemon (computer software)
    In Unix and other multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user...

    , a background computer program in Unix
  • Internet Relay Chat services
    Internet Relay Chat services
    Internet Relay Chat services is a name for a set of features implemented on many modern Internet Relay Chat networks. Services are automated bots with special status which are generally used to provide users with access with certain privileges and protection...

    , a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks
  • Internet service provider
    Internet service provider
    An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

     (ISP)
  • Service (systems architecture), the provision of a discrete function within a systems environment
  • Service layer
    Service layer
    In intelligent networks and cellular networks, service layer is a conceptual layer within a network service provider architecture. It aims at providing middleware that serves third-party value-added services and applications at a higher application layer...

  • Service mode
    Service mode
    In electronics, service mode describes a mode not normally accessible. Service mode gives features that allows the user to check a device's status, test its features or change settings....

    , a hidden mode that can be entered by a code, giving access to service features
  • Service-oriented architecture
    Service-oriented architecture
    In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...

     (SOA)
  • Telecommunications service
    Telecommunications service
    In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings:1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider....

  • Value-added service
    Value-added service
    A value-added service is popular as a telecommunications industry term for non-core services, or in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. However, it can be used in any service industry, for services available at little or no cost, to promote their primary business...

     or content service provided by communication service provider
  • Web service
    Web service
    A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...

    , a software system to support interaction over a network
  • Windows service
    Windows Service
    On Microsoft Windows operating systems, a Windows service is a long-running executable that performs specific functions and which is designed not to require user intervention. Windows services can be configured to start when the operating system is booted and run in the background as long as...

    , a background computer process belonging to no user in a Microsoft Windows system

Other

  • Service (surname)
    Service (surname)
    Service is a surname.Those bearing it include:* James Service , Australian politician* Robert W. Service , British-born poet of Canada* Elman Service , American anthropologist...

  • Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural)
    Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural)
    Penetrants, or penetrating items, are the mechanical, electrical or structural items that pass through an opening in a wall or floor, such as pipes, electrical conduits, ducting, cables and cable trays, or structural steel beams and columns...

    , as defined by a building code
  • Serve (tennis)
    Serve (tennis)
    A serve in tennis is a shot to start a point. A player begins a serve by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it into the diagonally opposite backside box without being stopped by the net. The ball can only touch the net on a return and will be considered good if it falls on the opposite side...

     or service, a shot to start a point in tennis
  • Service (motor vehicle)
    Service (motor vehicle)
    A motor vehicle service is a series of maintenance procedures carried out at a set time interval or after the vehicle has travelled a certain distance...

  • Service of process
    Service of process
    Service of process is the procedure employed to give legal notice to a person of a court or administrative body's exercise of its jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court, body or other tribunal...

    , the delivery of a summons, complaint or other court petition
  • Service Provider
    Service provider
    A service provider is an entity that provides services to other entities. Usually, this refers to a business that provides subscription or web service to other businesses or individuals. Examples of these services include Internet access, Mobile phone operators, and web application hosting...

     any company or individual that provides a service.
  • Service Tree (Sorbus domestica), a species of tree

See also

  • Servant (disambiguation)
    Servant (disambiguation)
    A servant is a person working within an employer's household.Servant or servants may refer to:* Servant, Puy-de-Dôme, France* Servant , a Canadian Christian rock group* Servant , a standard in cross-platform software...

  • Server (disambiguation)
  • Ich Dien
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