service program

1. 1.

   (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

   “a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users”

   Synonymsutility programutility

   Broaderprogram

   Narrowerdriverdiagnostic programinput programoutput programsort programtrace program

   Partsutility routine

   computer science

Questions about service program

What does service program mean?

service program means "(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer".

What is another word for service program?

Close synonyms include utility program, utility. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is service program a common word?

service program is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.