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== Cloud computing ==
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== Definitions ==
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=== Cloud computing ===
   
 
An '''actor''' is
 
An '''actor''' is
   
{{Quote|actor is an entity (a person or an organization) that participates in a [[transaction]] or [[process]] and/or performs tasks in [[cloud computing]].<ref>[[NIST]], Technical Considerations for USG Cloud Computer Deployment Decisions, Glossary, at 88 (Nov. 3, 2011) ([http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloud-computing/pub/CloudComputing/RoadmapVolumeIIIWorkingDraft/NIST_cloud_roadmap_VIII_draft_110311.pdf full-text]).</ref>}}
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{{Quote|an entity (a person or an organization) that participates in a [[transaction]] or [[process]] and/or performs tasks in [[cloud computing]].<ref>[[NIST]], Technical Considerations for USG Cloud Computer Deployment Decisions, Glossary, at 88 (Nov. 3, 2011) ([http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloud-computing/pub/CloudComputing/RoadmapVolumeIIIWorkingDraft/NIST_cloud_roadmap_VIII_draft_110311.pdf full-text]).</ref>}}
   
== Entertainment industry ==
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=== Entertainment industry ===
   
 
An '''actor''' (or '''actress''') is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in [[film]], [[television]], theatre, or [[radio]] in that capacity.
 
An '''actor''' (or '''actress''') is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in [[film]], [[television]], theatre, or [[radio]] in that capacity.
   
== Smart grid ==
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=== General ===
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An '''actor''' is
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{{Quote|[a] person or [[system component]] who [[interact]]s with the [[system]] as a whole and who provides stimulus which invoke actions.<ref>[[Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems]], at 5.</ref>}}
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=== Smart grid ===
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An [[actor]]
   
An [[actor]] is a [[device]], [[computer system]], [[software program]], or the individual or organization that participates in the [[Smart Grid]]. Actors have the capability to make decisions and to exchange [[information]] with other actors. Organizations may have actors in more than one [[Smart Grid domain|domain]].
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{{Quote|include [[device]]s, [[system]]s, [[program]]s, and [[stakeholder]]s that make decisions and [[exchange information]] necessary for performing [[application]]s: [[smart meter]]s, solar energy generators, and [[control system]]s are examples of [[device]]s and [[system]]s.<ref>[[NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0]], at 40.</ref>}}
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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== See also ==
 
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* [[Bad actor]]
 
* [[Intentional cyber actor]]
 
* [[Intentional cyber actor]]
 
* [[Malevolent actor]]
 
* [[Malevolent actor]]

Latest revision as of 03:15, 19 October 2016

Definitions[]

Cloud computing[]

An actor is

an entity (a person or an organization) that participates in a transaction or process and/or performs tasks in cloud computing.[1]

Entertainment industry[]

An actor (or actress) is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity.

General[]

An actor is

[a] person or system component who interacts with the system as a whole and who provides stimulus which invoke actions.[2]

Smart grid[]

An actor

include devices, systems, programs, and stakeholders that make decisions and exchange information necessary for performing applications: smart meters, solar energy generators, and control systems are examples of devices and systems.[3]

References[]

  1. NIST, Technical Considerations for USG Cloud Computer Deployment Decisions, Glossary, at 88 (Nov. 3, 2011) (full-text).
  2. Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems, at 5.
  3. NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0, at 40.

See also[]


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