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GLOSSARY

Cloud Computing Glossary

Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.

MOST REFERENCED72 TERMS
  1. 01Cloud Egress Fees
  2. 02Cloud TCO
  3. 03Virtual Private Cloud
  4. 04OpenStack
  5. 05High Availability
  6. 06FinOps
  7. 07Usage-Based Billing

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  • Cloud Billing

    Cloud billing is the process of tracking, calculating, and invoicing resource usage in a cloud environment, translating metered consumption of compute, storage, and network resources into charges based on the provider's pricing model.

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  • Cloud Metering

    Cloud metering is the automated measurement and recording of how much of each cloud resource you consume over time, tracking metrics such as compute hours, storage capacity, and network bandwidth.

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  • CloudKitty

    CloudKitty is an OpenStack rating service that collects cloud resource usage metrics, applies pricing rules to that data, and produces cost information for chargeback and showback reporting.

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