Glossary

This is a glossary of terms used in this section of the wiki. It's not definitive, and kind of speculative.


 * network service : an instance of software accessed or controlled through a computer network. Examples: web sites, web applications, web APIs, SMTP servers, IRC servers, Jabber servers, Bittorrent peers, MySQL servers.
 * Web service : A network service that primarily uses the HTTP protocol.
 * network service software : the software that a network service runs. For example, the email server at antipater.rutagi.net runs the Postfix software. Many network services can run the same network service software.
 * Free Software : ...
 * Free Data : data or cultural works made available under a Free license.
 * Developer : someone who writes software.
 * user : someone who uses software.
 * deployer : someone who makes software available for use by others through a network.