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WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT: Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Cloud computation, as defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), represents "a framework for facilitating network accessibility to a pliable and expandable collection of shared physical or virtual assets featuring on-demand self-provisioning and management." This concept is ubiquitously termed "the cloud."

== Core Attributes == The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) delineated five foundational "essential characteristics" of cloud infrastructures in 2011. The precise formulations provided by NIST are as follows:

• On-demand self-service: "A consumer can independently procure computational capacities, such as processing cycles and network storage, as required automatically without necessitating direct human intervention from the service provider for each request."
• Broad network access: "Capabilities are reachable via the network utilizing standard protocols that encourage utilization across varied client platforms, both thin and thick (e.g., mobile apparatuses, slates, portable computers, and desktop units)."
• Resource pooling: " The supplier's computational assets are aggregated to cater to numerous consumers via a multi-tenant structure, where distinct physical and virtual elements are dynamically allocated and reallocated corresponding to consumer requirements."
• Rapid elasticity: "Capacities can be deployed and relinquished elastically, occasionally autonomously, to scale rapidly outwards and inwards to match fluctuating demand. To the user, the available provisioning capabilities often appear boundless and can be appropriated in any volume at any moment."
• Measured service: "Cloud environments automatically govern and optimize asset utilization by employing a metering function at an appropriate level of abstraction corresponding to the service type (e.g., storage volume, processing power, data throughput, and active user entitlements). Usage metrics can be tracked, managed, and reported, ensuring visibility for both the service originator and the recipient of the consumed service." By 2023, refinements and extensions to this enumeration had been introduced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

== Historical Context == The lineage of cloud computation dates back to the 1960s, originating with the initial theories of time-sharing gaining traction through remote job entry (RJE). The prevailing operational model during this epoch was the "data center" structure, wherein users submitted tasks to dedicated operators for execution on mainframe systems. This era was marked by intensive exploration and prototyping focused on democratizing access to extensive computational power for a broader user base via time-sharing mechanisms, thereby optimizing infrastructure, platform deployment, applications, and boosting end-user efficiency. The designation of "cloud" as a metaphor for virtualized services originated in 1994, employed by General Magic to describe the expanse of "locations" accessible to mobile software agents within the Telescript environment. This conceptual imagery is attributed to David Hoffman, a communications expert at General Magic, building upon its established use within telecommunications and networking contexts. The phrase "cloud computing" gained broader currency in 1996 when Compaq Computer Corporation drafted a strategic blueprint for forthcoming computational paradigms and Internet integration. The enterprise's aspiration was to superch