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[[File:Cloud computing.svg|thumb|Cloud computing metaphor: the group of networked elements providing services does not need to be addressed or managed individually by users; instead, the entire provider-managed suite of hardware and software can be thought of as an amorphous cloud.]]

"'''Cloud computing''' is a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023 |title=ISO/IEC 22123-1:2023(E) - Information technology - Cloud computing - Part 1: Vocabulary |work=International Organization for Standardization}}</ref>

==Essential Characteristics==