Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet. SaaS is one of three main categories of cloud computing, alongside Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

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