A service name provides a symbolic method of specifying the port number to be used at a remote node. Its value is contained in the svcename configuration parameter.
There are two pieces of information required when making a TCP/IP connection:
The service name must match the name in the corresponding entry of the \etc\services file. It is case-sensitive, and can consist of 1 to 14 characters.
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