A very long comment that ignores the one it purports to reply to...
Microservices are called that because they reside within an app that itself provides a service.
Otherwise, of course you could call everything and anything 'microservice' but then the term would become meaningless.
Microservices are called that because they reside within an app that itself provides a service. Otherwise, of course you could call everything and anything 'microservice' but then the term would become meaningless.