Is Platform as a Service (PaaS) designed to provide application-ready software stacks over the Internet?

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is indeed designed to provide application-ready software stacks over the Internet. PaaS offers a development and deployment environment in the cloud, allowing developers to build, test, and deploy applications without the complexity of managing the underlying infrastructure. This includes providing various development frameworks, runtime environments, and tools needed for application development as a service. By using PaaS, developers can focus on coding and application functionality rather than worrying about servers, storage, or network configuration, making it a highly effective and efficient platform for application development.

The delivery of these services over the Internet is a core characteristic of PaaS, which distinguishes it from other service models that may not offer the same level of abstraction and convenience for application development and deployment.