Running Services vs Manage Application (Running)

[Taiken84]

Would someone be able to explain this to me? What's the difference between the two? I turned off skype running services and restarted skype but it doesn't show up on running services anymore.

 

[lunatic59]

A running service is a piece of code that is actively running, perhaps monitoring a port or communicating with a sensor or updating a widget based on data. Apps listed under the "running" listing in application management are either currently active, have just run or are frequently used apps that get cached in anticipation of running. They most likely are not consuming and phone resources and are simple saved in state so that when the app is called it responds immediately.

 

[joecanales77]

so are the programs in running services that are increasing in time running and taking up data or not?