Online Service

An Online Service is a service provide by an online service provider over a communication channel.

• Context:
  • It can be mentioned in an Online Service Product Mention.
  • It can range from being a Web-based Service to being a Mobile App Service to being an Online Gaming Console Service.
  • It can range from being an In-House Online Service to being a Cloud-based Online Service.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • a Web-based Service, such as Google Web Search Service, Google Scholar Search Service, Twitter Service.
  • a Mobile-based Service, such as Lyft Service, Kindle Mobile App.
  • a PlayStation Network Service.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Retail Shop.
  • a Software Program.
  • an Non-Networked Gaming Console.
• See: Internet-based Service, Online User.

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References

2014

• http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/twitter-starts-to-change-the-central-logic-of-its-service/378650/
  • At some point in the future, though, its core product will be so altered by these changes that what we once called Twitter will no longer exist.

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