Service provider
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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 operator, and web application hosting.
In other contexts, the service may be a more abstract service, for example when using modelling techniques to analyze a problem, it may be useful to divide the system into modules, each of which may both provide services to other moudules and itself consume services from other modules.
[edit] See also
- Application service provider (ASP)
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Telecom Service Provider (TSP)
- Internet Payment Service Provider (IPSP)
- Solutions provider
- Web service
