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3.2.5 peer cloud service provider: A cloud service provider who provides one or more cloud services for
use by one or more other cloud service providers as part of their cloud services.

3.2.6 product catalogue: A listing of all the cloud service products (clause 3.2.2) which cloud service
providers make available to cloud service customers.

3.2.7 role: A set of activities (clause 3.2.1) that serves a common purpose.
3.2.8 service catalogue: A listing of all the cloud services of a particular cloud service provider.
3.2.9 sub-role: A subset of the activities (clause 3.2.1) of a given role (clause 3.2.7).

4 Abbreviations

For the purposes of this Recommendation | International Standard, the following abbreviations apply:
API Application Programming Interface
CaaS Communications as a Service
CCRA Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

CPU Central Processing Unit
CS Cloud Service
CSC Cloud Service Customer
CSN Cloud Service partner
CSP Cloud Service Provider
IaaS Infrastructure as a Service

ICT Information and Communication Technology
KPI Key Performance Indicator
MSA Master Service Agreement
NaaS Network as a Service
PaaS Platform as a Service

PII Personally Identifiable Information
QoS Quality of Service
RAM Random Access Memory
SaaS Software as a Service
SLA Service Level Agreement
ToS Terms of Service
T&C Terms and Conditions

VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VPN Virtual Private Network
VM Virtual Machine

5 Conventions
The following conventions apply:

1) Diagrams are used throughout this Recommendation | International Standard to help illustrate the
CCRA. Figure 5-1 provides the conventions used regarding the content of the diagrams.
NOTE – In Figure 5-1, "Aspect" is to be understood as referring to "Cross-cutting aspect".

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