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5 Intercloud and interoperability

3.1.3 cloud interoperability testing [ITU-T Q.4040]: Verifying functions and interaction that realize the
cloud interoperability.

3.1.4 cloud service [ITU-T Y.3500]: One or more capabilities offered via cloud computing invoked using a
defined interface.

3.1.5 cloud service customer [ITU-T Y.3500]: Party which is in a business relationship for the purpose of
using cloud services.

3.1.6 cloud service provider [ITU-T Y.3500]: Party which makes cloud services available.
3.1.7 cloud service user [ITU-T Y.3500]: Natural person, or entity acting on their behalf, associated with a
cloud service customer that uses cloud services.
NOTE – Examples of such entities include devices and applications.
3.1.8 interoperability [ITU-T Y.101]: The ability of two or more systems or applications to exchange
information and to mutually use the information that has been exchanged．

3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation

None.

4 Abbreviations and acronyms
This Recommendation uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:
CPU Central Processing Unit

CSC Cloud Service Customer
CSP Cloud Service Provider
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

FTP File Transfer Protocol
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IaaS Infrastructure as a Service
IOPS Input/Output operations Per Second

I/O Input/Output
IP Internet Protocol
LUN Logical Unit Number

NAT Network Address Translation
NIC Network Interface Card
OVF Open Virtualization Format
QCOW2 QEMU Copy On Write version 2

QEMU Quick Emulator
QoS Quality of Service

SLA Service Level Agreement
SSH Secure Shell
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VM Virtual Machine

VMDK Virtual Machine Disk
VNC Virtual Network Computing

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