An application service provider (ASP) is a business providing application software generally through the Web.[1] ASPs that specialize in a particular application (such as a medical billing program) may be referred to as providing software as a service.
The application software resides on the vendor's system and is accessed by users through a communication protocol. Alternatively, the vendor may provide special purpose client software. Client software may interface with these systems through an application programming interface.
^"Upstarts: ASPs, ASPs Article". Inc.com. 2000-04-01. Retrieved 2022-06-14. An ASP hosts software applications, which its customers access over the Web instead of running them on their own computers.
^ abcdefghiStair, Ralph M. (2003). Principles of Information Systems, Sixth Edition. Thomson. p. 149. ISBN0-619-06489-7.
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