Configuration-Guide.md

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## Terms
Term|Description
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service|A service represents a set of databases with a specific access mechanism that is offered to clients of MaxScale. The access mechanism defines the algorithm that MaxScale will use to direct particular requests to the individual databases.
server|A server represents an individual database server to which a client can be connected via MaxScale.
router|A router is a module within MaxScale that will route client requests to the various database servers which MaxScale provides a service interface to.