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IaaS
(Infrastructure As A Service) A cloud computing environment that provides a basic computing platform, including the servers and operating systems. See cloud computing, PaaS and SaaS.
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Definition: IaaS
(Infrastructure As A Service) A cloud computing environment that provides a basic computing platform, including the servers and operating systems. See cloud computing, PaaS and SaaS.
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