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What is Essential Characteristic

Chapter 104
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
An essential characteristic in the context of this article is an element that could not be excluded from the main definition of a concept. When excluded, the definition is altered and could either be a none complete definition or may refer to another concept.
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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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