on-demand self-service [English]


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n. ~ Computer capabilities a consumer can unilaterally and automatically provision, such as server time and network storage, as needed without requiring human interaction with each service provider (Mell and Grance, 2011, 2).

General Notes

An essential characteristic of cloud computing.

Citations

  • Wikipedia (†387 s.v. cloud computing): A consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, as needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each service provider. (†1067)