The service provider is a software element that provides one or more services.

服务提供者是一个提供一个或者多个服务的软件元素。

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Each software service can act as a service provider or requester.

每个软件服务均可充当一个服务提供者或请求者。

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The cloud model potentially lowers users' costs because they don't need to buy software and the hardware to run it - the provider of the service has done that already.

云模型可以降低用户成本，因为他们无需购买软件和硬件也可以运行—服务提供者已经为用户提供了必要的组件。

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The deal links the biggest Internet service provider, a leading creator of software and the firm that invented the Java computer language, which can run on any platform.

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"Comcast is the first national broadband service provider to launch iControl's software platform, bringing greater peace-of-mind to millions of homeowners who can now know that their homes and families are protected whether they're home or away, " said Jim Johnson, co-CEO of iControl.

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The essential background is that Carrier IQ is, as its makers say, software to help the service provider see what is happening on malfunctioning phones.

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