Configuration Service
Noun · Development
Definitions
A dedicated service that stores, validates, and serves configuration to other applications or components. Configuration services are common in distributed systems where many deployments need shared settings, runtime updates, or environment-aware behavior without baking values into binaries.
In plain English: A service that provides configuration settings to other systems.
Example: "They introduced a configuration service so each region could fetch current rollout settings and circuit-breaker thresholds without redeploying code."