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SERVICE PROGRAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does service program mean?
• SERVICE PROGRAM (noun)
The noun SERVICE PROGRAM has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
Familiarity information: SERVICE PROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
service program; utility; utility program
Context example:
a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users
Hypernyms ("service program" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Meronyms (parts of "service program"):
service routine; utility routine (a routine that can be used as needed)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service program"):
device driver; driver ((computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device)
diagnostic program (a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program)
input program (a utility program that organizes the input to a computer)
output program (a utility program that organizes the output of a computer)
sort program; sorting program (a utility program that sorts data items)
trace program (a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program)
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