Service

[sur-vis]

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