What is SAA?

SAA can refer to several technologies. Without further context, it's ambiguous. Possible meanings include: * **Systems Application Architecture (SAA):** IBM's framework from the 1980s for standardizing application development across different platforms like mainframe (System/370), AS/400, and PC. It aimed for consistency in user interface, programming languages, and communications. However, it's largely obsolete now. * **Software as a Service (SaaS):** A software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet. Users access the software through a web browser or other client. It's a very common cloud computing model. Examples include Salesforce, Google Workspace, and many others. * **Semi-Automated Analysis:** A method of data analysis where a system partially automates data processing. This allows a person to make interpretations based on intermediate results, and adjust the procedure to better fit the data. It is commonly used in fraud detection, medical data analysis, and various scientific analysis.