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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cloudcommunity/cloud-computing-glossary
- Owner: cloudcommunity
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-11-06T12:10:25.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-10T07:12:15.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-10T08:23:46.124Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: cloud, cloudcomputing, glossaries, glossary, glossary-terms, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest-accepted
- Homepage: https://cloudstudy.net/glossary
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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# Cloud Computing Glossary
An open list of common cloud computing terms and their definitions. The definitions can be found on the accompanying web page: [Cloud Computing Glossary](https://cloudstudy.net/glossary). Here, only the terms and their short 3-word descriptions are listed, and they are sorted in alphabetical order.
## Contribute
To add a new term: submit it via a pull request.
To request a new term: create a [new issue](https://github.com/cloudcommunity/Cloud-Computing-Glossary/issues/new).
## Show Your Support
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## Terms
- **API Gateway**: Manages API requests
- **Auto Scaling**: Adjusts resources automatically
- **Backup as a Service (BaaS)**: Cloud-based data backups
- **Big Data**: Large-scale data analysis
- **Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)**: Enforces cloud security
- **Cloud Automation**: Automates cloud tasks
- **Cloud Computing**: Internet-based computing services
- **Cloud Governance**: Cloud usage management
- **Cloud Migration**: Moving to cloud
- **Cloud Native**: Optimized for cloud
- **Cloud Orchestration**: Coordinates cloud resources
- **Cloud Storage**: Online data storage
- **Compliance as a Service (CaaS)**: Ensures regulatory compliance
- **Containerization**: Package applications consistently
- **Content Delivery Network (CDN)**: Speeds content delivery
- **Data Encryption**: Secures data access
- **Data Lake**: Raw data storage
- **DevOps**: Development-operations integration
- **Disaster Recovery**: Recovers from disasters
- **Edge Computing**: Localized data processing
- **Elasticity**: Scales resources dynamically
- **Function as a Service (FaaS)**: Runs event-based functions
- **Hybrid Cloud**: Mixed cloud environment
- **IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)**: Virtualized computing resources
- **Identity and Access Management (IAM)**: Controls user access
- **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)**: Automates infrastructure provisioning
- **Kubernetes**: Manages containerized applications
- **Latency**: Data transfer delay
- **Load Balancing**: Distributes traffic evenly
- **Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS)**: Cloud-based machine learning
- **Microservices**: Modular service architecture
- **Multi-Cloud**: Multiple cloud providers
- **Observability**: Monitors system performance
- **PaaS (Platform as a Service)**: Cloud development platform
- **Private Cloud**: Dedicated cloud environment
- **Public Cloud**: Shared cloud environment
- **SaaS (Software as a Service)**: Subscription-based software
- **Serverless Computing**: No infrastructure management
- **Service Level Agreement (SLA)**: Guarantees service performance
- **Virtual Machine (VM)**: Simulated physical computer
- **Zero Trust**: Assumes no trust