website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/service.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Service	service	2018-04-12	/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/	An API object that describes how to access applications, such as a set of Pods, and can describe ports and load-balancers.		fundamental core-object

An API object that describes how to access applications, such as a set of {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}, and can describe ports and load-balancers.

The access point can be internal or external to the cluster.