The @Service annotation in Spring Boot is a specialized form of the _____ annotation used to indicate service components.

The @Service annotation in Spring Boot is a specialized form of the @Component annotation used to indicate service components. It is used to define a class as a service in the Spring application context. While @Repository is used for DAOs, @Controller is used for controllers, and @Bean is a more generic annotation for creating managed beans. The @Service annotation provides additional semantic meaning to the class.