cloud computing
Internet-hosted processing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—storage, processing power, software—over the internet rather than from local hardware.
Users access resources hosted on remote servers, paying for what they use: The company moved its databases to cloud computing to reduce infrastructure costs.
The "cloud" metaphor reflects how network diagrams traditionally depicted the internet as an amorphous shape.
Machines providing network resources
- data centersFacilities storing networked computers
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- virtualizationCreating simulated computing environments
hypervisor · virtual machine · clustered · containerization · orchestration · Docker · microservices · serverless
Remotely hosted software access
- on-demandAvailable upon request
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- pay-per-useCharged by consumption
- AWSCloud computing platform
Azure · Dropbox · OneDrive · Salesforce · API · deployment · migration · vendor
Space for keeping goods
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- retrievalAct of getting back
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
database · data lake · warehousing · big data · analytics · processing · streaming · archival
Tendency to resume original form
- auto-scalingAutomatic capacity adjustment
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- dynamicActive and changing
flexible · expandable · growth · performance · optimization · workload · spin-up · instance
Converting data into code
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- firewallNetwork access control system
- complianceAdhering to requirements
GDPR · HIPAA · multi-factor · breach · vulnerability · audit · VPN · isolation
Distant or controller
- web-basedAccessible via internet browser
- anywhereAny location at all
- mobileCapable of movement
- cross-platformWorks on multiple systems
connectivity · ubiquitous · internet · bandwidth · portal · dashboard · collaboration · real-time
servers
Machines providing network resources
- data centersFacilities storing networked computers
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
virtualization · hypervisor · virtual machine · clustered · containerization · orchestration · Docker · microservices · serverless · redundancy
SaaS
Remotely hosted software access
- on-demandAvailable upon request
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- pay-per-useCharged by consumption
AWS · Azure · Dropbox · OneDrive · Salesforce · API · deployment · migration · vendor · uptime
storage
Space for keeping goods
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- retrievalAct of getting back
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
replication · database · data lake · warehousing · big data · analytics · processing · streaming · archival · CDN
elasticity
Tendency to resume original form
- auto-scalingAutomatic capacity adjustment
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- burstBreak apart suddenly
dynamic · flexible · expandable · growth · performance · optimization · workload · spin-up · instance
encryption
Converting data into code
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- firewallNetwork access control system
compliance · GDPR · HIPAA · multi-factor · breach · vulnerability · audit · VPN · isolation
remote
Distant or controller
cross-platform · connectivity · ubiquitous · internet · bandwidth · portal · dashboard · collaboration · real-time · multi-device
- Computing Modelsbiocomputing, supercomputing
- IT modernizationdigital transformation, system integration, DevOps, digital strategy, microservices
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- technologyelectronics, computer, internet, social media, computers
- Tecnologiasoftware, hardware, internet, computadora, digital
- computer skillstyping, keyboarding, copy paste, clicking, scrolling
cloud computingdesktop computing
Using stationary personal computers
on-prem · edge computing · personal computing · standalone systems
cloud, cloudy, clouded, compute, computing, cloudiness, cloudscape, cloudland