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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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  • Backup

    A backup is a recoverable copy of data stored separately from the original source, used to restore files, volumes, or entire systems after data loss, corruption, or accidental deletion.

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  • Bare Metal

    Bare metal refers to a physical server dedicated to a single tenant, with no hypervisor layer dividing its resources among other customers.

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  • Block Storage

    Block Storage provides persistent, disk-like storage that can be attached to cloud instances, allowing data to survive instance restarts and be moved between instances.

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