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In the context of [[enterprise architecture]], [[service-orientation]] and [[service-oriented architecture]], the term '''service''' refers to a set of related [[software]] functionalities that can be reused for different purposes, together with the [[policies]] that should control its usage.

== Description ==

OASIS defines service as "a mechanism to enable access to one or more capabilities, where the access is provided using a prescribed interface and is exercised consistent with constraints and policies as specified by the service description."

== See also ==

* [[Software]]
* [[Web service]]

== External links == 

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_(systems_architecture) Service (systems architecture)] @ Wikipedia

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