Q2Cloud Computing
Question
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What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?
Answer
PaaS is a cloud service model that provides developers with a complete, managed hardware and software stack to deploy applications without managing underlying operating systems.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is an architectural abstraction layer. The provider aggressively manages the physical servers, operating systems, hypervisors, databases, and runtime environments (like Node.js or JVM). Developers solely focus on writing and deploying their application code (e.g., Heroku, Google App Engine).