Cloud Computing Glossary
Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.
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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.
SecurityRead definitionApplication Credential
An application credential is a scoped authentication token in OpenStack that allows applications to authenticate to cloud APIs without exposing user passwords.
SecurityRead definitionAutoscaling
Autoscaling automatically adjusts compute resources in response to real-time demand, adding capacity during traffic spikes and removing it when demand drops.
ComputeRead definitionAvailability Zone
An availability zone is a physically separate datacenter location within a cloud region that has independent power, cooling, and network connections to protect your workloads from localized failures.
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