microservice

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ service.

Noun

microservice (plural microservices)

1. (computing) A small independent process that communicates with other processes, used to break down a complex task into many simpler components.
   • 2015, Armin Balalaie, Abbas Heydarnoori, Pooyan Jamshidi, “Migrating to Cloud-Native Architectures Using Microservices: An Experience Report”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     We concluded that microservices is not a one-fit-all solution as it introduces new complexities to the system, and many factors, such as distribution complexities, should be considered before adopting this style.