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{{Introductory article|Cloud computing}}
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The two words in the phrase ''cloud computing'' have the following interpretations:

* '''Cloud''': As a noun, this is a metaphor for the [[Internet]],<ref name=Metaphor>{{cite web|url=
(contracted; show full) for the provision of the services.<ref name=IndustryShift>{{cite web|url= http://mictunis.micnetwork.org/Technology/CloudComputing.aspx|title=An Industry Shift Toward Cloud Computing |publisher=Microsoft |date= |accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=CSCorp>{{cite web|url= http://www.csc.com/au/ds/39454/40514-what_is_cloud_computing/|title= What is Cloud Computing? |publisher= Computer Sciences Corporation |date= |accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref>

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==
Characteristics==
'''Typical versus essential characteristics==
'''Consumption features'''

The cloud-computing [[Introduction_to_Cloud_computing#Consumption_model |consumption model]] represents characteristics, such as payment, resource-sharing, scaling and access methods, that typically apply only to some examples of cloud computing, because they are optional alternatives rather than being necessary features.<ref name=WhatsNeeded>{{cite web|url= http://viewer.media.bitpipe.com/1103725483_536/1280958977_896/ESG_-_What's_Needed_for_Cloud_Computing.pdf|title= What’s (contracted; show full)*[[Platform as a service|Platform as a Service]]
*[[Software as a service|Software as a Service]]

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