Glossary
- API:
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Application programming interface
- Economies of scale:
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Reduction in resource cost as the size of the resource pool and its usage level increases
- IT:
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Information technology
- Resource:
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Software, data, and infrastructure of interest to the system under consideration
- Scalability:
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The quality and ability of a system to handle variable load without impact on user experience
- Service:
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A network-accessible resource
- Virtualization:
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A logical abstraction over physical reality
Definition
In cloud computing, elastic pools of virtualized, configurable IT resources are provided as services that can be accessed over a network and used on demand. Providers of resources can achieve higher utilization by allowing multiple tenants to use their resources, thereby achieving provider-side economies of scale. Consumers of resources benefit from a convenient, self-service, on-demand model of allocating and de-allocating...
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Tai, S., Bermbach, D. (2018). Cloud Computing. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_105
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