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title: Service
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A delineated group of related behaviors within a [service mesh](#service-mesh). Services are identified using a
[service name](#service-name),
and Istio policies such as load balancing and routing are applied using these names.
A service is typically materialized by one or more [service endpoints](#service-endpoint), and may consist of multiple
[service versions](#service-version).