An online service provider provides its users with hosted computers, an operating system, and a database management system (DBMS). This allows customers to add their own applications to the hosted services. Which of the following cloud-based offerings is being provided to the users?
A) unified communications as a service (UCaaS)
B) platform as a service (PaaS)
C) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
D) software as a service (SaaS)

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The online service provider is providing customers with a platform to add their own applications, making it a platform as a service (PaaS). Other options such as infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) do not provide the same level of control and customization over the operating system and database management system. Unified communications as a service (UCaaS) is not relevant to the scenario described.

An Online Service Provider Provides Its Users with Hosted Computers