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What is Optional Characteristic

Chapter 104
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
The complete opposite of the essential characteristics. An optional can be removed from the main definition of a term without affecting the definition and usually preferable to be mentioned outside the main definition under a separate section in a text.
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Should the Cloud Computing Definition Include a Big Data Perspective?
Rafik Ouanouki (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada), Abraham Gomez Morales (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada), and Alain April (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch104
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