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| ; network service : an '''instance''' of '''software''' accessed or controlled through a computer network. Examples: web sites, web applications, web APIs, SMTP servers, IRC servers, Jabber servers, Bittorrent peers, MySQL servers.
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| ; Web service : A network service that primarily uses the HTTP protocol.
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| ; network service software : the software that a network service runs. For example, the email server at antipater.rutagi.net runs the Postfix software. Many network services can run the same network service software.
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| ; Free Software : ...
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| ; Free Data : data or cultural works made available under a Free license.
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| ; Developer : someone who writes software.
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| ; user : someone who uses software.
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| ; deployer : someone who makes software available for use by others through a network.
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