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Cloud Computing Glossary

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

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Access and Security

Access and Security refers to the set of controls and mechanisms that determine who can access your cloud resources and what actions they can perform through authentication, authorization, and network access controls.

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API Credential

An API credential is authentication information that identifies and authorizes a user or application to access cloud services programmatically through an API.

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Application Credential

An application credential is a scoped authentication token in OpenStack that allows applications to authenticate to cloud APIs without exposing user passwords.

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