Architecting Tenant Networking with NSX in vCloud Director : Introduction : 1.3 Definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations
   
1.3 Definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations
1.3.1 Definitions
Customer
The service provider’s customer; the organization who pays for the service, and the users who use the service.
Tenant
The portion of the infrastructure that is used by, and provides services to, the customer.
External network
A network that connects the vCloud Director tenant to the data center network infrastructure.