Online service
An online service (also called online service ) is an offer or service that can be used over the Internet . The provider of the online service provides the required server-side infrastructure. The user uses a corresponding client (a device or software ) through which the content is output. Many online services are implemented as web applications , i. that is, they can be used through a web browser .
application areas
Online services are available for a wide range of applications, e.g. B .:
- Internet forum
- Blogs
- social network
- Feed reader
- Wiki / online lexicon
- Chat / instant messaging
- IP telephony / video chat
- Groupware
- Customer Relationship Management
- File hosting
- Internet television / video on demand
- Internet radio / music streaming
- Online banking
- Online shopping
- Computer games
Examples
The most popular online services include:
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Google (search engine)
- Blogger.com (blogs)
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations)
- Google Maps (online map service)
- Google News (news)
- XING (business network)
- Web.de (email)
- YouTube (video portal)
- Dropbox (file hosting)
- GitHub (version control)
- Wikipedia (online lexicon / encyclopedia)
- WhatsApp (instant messaging)
- Skype (video chat)
- Facebook (social network)
- eBay (Internet auctions)
- Netflix (video-on-demand)
- Spotify (music streaming)
- Uber.com (driver service)
- Wordpress (blogs and websites)
- reddit (Social News)
See also
- Cloud computing
- Software as a service
- Website
- Web service , service for machine-to-machine interaction
- Internet service , listing of various types of Internet use
- Internet service providers , providers of services that are necessary for the use of services on the Internet