What do you call a cloud made of two or more distinct clouds (private, community or public) bound by shared technology?

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  1. Hybrid cloud
  2. Community cloud
  3. Multitenant cloud

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References

  1. NIST SP 800-145, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. NIST SP 800-145, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.

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