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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=
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The cloud is ''public'' only in the sense that, potentially, any person or organisation that requires the provided services can become a consumer, and a public cloud may not necessarily be of universal interest. For example, a SaaS public cloud might provide an accounting system that is useful only to certain types of small business.

===Private cloud===

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{{See also|Intranet}}
'''Private clouds''' are cloud systems that are accessible only by a single consumer, or by an exclusive group, such as all the business units in a single organisation. They are generally single-tenanted, but they can be multi-tenanted if the individual group members act as separate consumers. They may be owned by a cloud provider and be located off-premise, or they may be operated by the consumer and be located on-premise. In the latter case, they can als(contracted; show full)*[[Platform as a service|Platform as a Service]]
*[[Software as a service|Software as a Service]]

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