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COV ITRM Glossary

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Public Cloud

Definition

(Context: General)


1.  The cloud infrastructure is provisioned for open use by the general public. It may be owned, managed, and operated by a business, academic, or government organization, or some combination of them. It exists on the premises of the cloud provider.

2.   Public Cloud is defined as computing services offered by third-party providers over the public Internet, making them available to anyone who wants to use or purchase them. They may be free or sold on-demand, allowing customers to pay only per usage for the CPU cycles, storage, or bandwidth they consume. 


Reference:

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2.  EA-Solution-Data-Availability-Requirements.pdf (virginia.gov)


See Also:

Cloud Computing

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