Active in English means active, working and dynamic, and active network services means designing, engineering and implementing network software and implementing network infrastructure. Therefore, all the services that are performed on the active components and software constitute the active services of the network, which is one of the most important parts in the implementation of the network. In fact, when we use equipment in a computer network that needs electricity to work, or in order to do the work, we feel the need to strengthen the signal in them, they are called the active part of the network.

As mentioned, active network services are activities that are applied to (passive) network hardware. Therefore, in the last stage of network installation and setup, after passive services are set up, the active part must be installed and activated in order to have a dynamic and active network.