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Social cloud computing
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<p>Social cloud computing, also peer-to-peer social cloud computing, is an area of computer science that generalizes <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud computing</a> to include the sharing, bartering and renting of computing resources across peers whose owners and operators are verified through a <a href="/facts/Social_network/kQg6aEVf">social network</a> or <a href="/facts/Reputation_system/Q5hHMkmz">reputation system</a>. It expands cloud computing past the confines of formal commercial data centers operated by cloud providers to include anyone interested in participating within the cloud services <a href="/facts/Sharing_economy/byxFUsNK">sharing economy</a>. This in turn leads to more options, greater economies of scale, while bearing additional advantages for hosting data and computing services closer to the edge where they may be needed most. </p>