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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like also spiritual obedience and love. ``O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.'' --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in or appropriate to any office or charge; official function; hence specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. ``Pray, do my service to his majesty.'' --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it order of dishes at table; also a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Process \Proc"ess\, n. [F. proc[`e]s, L. processus See {Proceed}.] 1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. ``Long process of time.'' --Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: process n 1: a particular course of action intended to achieve a results; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" [syn: {procedure}] 2: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" 3: the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering" [syn: {cognitive process}, {operation}, {cognitive operation}, {act}] 4: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant [syn: {summons}] 5: a mental process that you are not directly aware of "the process of denial" [syn: {unconscious process}] 6: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: {outgrowth}, {appendage}] v 1: deal with in a routine way: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" 2: subject to a process or treatment, often with the aim of readying for some purpose; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "process water" [syn: {treat}] 3: perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" 4: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him" [syn: {sue}, {litigate}] 5: shape, form or improve something: "work stone into tools"; "process iron" [syn: {work}, {work on}] 6: serve somebody with a warrant or summons; "He was processed by the sheriff" [syn: {serve}, {swear out}] 7: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" [syn: {march}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: processsystem, software> An executing {program}. A process consists of the program {code} (which may be shared with other processes which are executing the same program), and some private data. It may have other associated resources such as a {process identifier}, open files, {CPU time} limits, {shared memory}, {child processes}, and {signal handlers}. A {multitasking} {operating system} can run multiple processes {concurrently} or in {parallel}. (1996-12-09)
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