A standalone service is a program that provides some behind the scenes service (web, mail, database, etc) without relying on other services or special clients.  So a web server will serve regardless of the web browser connecting to it.

HTH
Kevin

On Jun 27, 2010 7:09 PM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thank you Keven, This is excellent.  I'm still wondering what a standalone service is.  Thanks! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Kevin Fries <kfries6@gmail.com... > > > From: Kevin Fries <kfries6@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Add/Remove/Start/Stop services on CentOS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 3:32 PM > > Older systems like Fedora 5, and some distros like CentOS use an older but fairly limited start... -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@...

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