It seems that both service and server refer to some web based application. But is there any precise definition of the two terms?
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It seems that both service and server refer to some web based application. But is there any precise definition of the two terms?
A server offers one or more services. Server is also a more technical term, whereas service is more a term off the problem domain.
You also need to distinguish between:
You can find more elaborate definiton on Wikipedia: