(1) (
DeFi
As
A Service) A variety of crypto yield farming services. See
DeFi as a service.
(2) (
Desktop
As
A Service) A thin client architecture that is delivered from a cloud service provider rather than from in-house servers. The users' computers function like remote input/output terminals to the servers in the datacenter. Contrast with
WaaS. See
desktop virtualization,
cloud computing and
XaaS.
(3) (
Data
As
A Service) Data services over the Internet; for example, verifying email and credit card billing addresses. See
email verification and
address verification.
(4) (
Data
As
A Service) A central repository for enterprise data. The "service" aspect means that the data are available to all users and are not tied to the format required by one type of application.