Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Provider \Pro*vid"er\, n.
   One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures
   what is wanted.

Source : WordNet®

provider
     n 1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or
          commodity [syn: {supplier}]
     2: someone who provides the means for subsistence

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

provider
     
        {Internet Access Provider}