service provider

service provider: 1. An organization that provides services for content providers and for users of a computer network. Note: The services may include access to the computer network, content hosting, server of a private message handling system, news server, etc. [After 2382-pt.35] 2. A company, organization, administration, business, etc., that sells, administers, maintains, charges for, etc., the service. The service provider may or may not be the provider of the network. [T1.653-1996] [ANSI T1.620-1991]