Stub entry: single definition derived from the EU Data Act; sector-specific readings not yet documented — contributions welcome.
a digital service, other than an electronic communications service, including software, which is connected with the product at the time of the purchase, rent or lease in such a way that its absence would prevent the connected product from performing one or more of its functions, or which is subsequently connected to the product by the manufacturer or a third party to add to, update or adapt the functions of the connected product
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act), Art. 2(6)