Cloud Computing Glossary
Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.
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Heat
Heat is the OpenStack orchestration service that automates the deployment and management of cloud infrastructure using declarative templates.
InfrastructureRead definitionHigh Availability
High Availability is a system design approach that keeps services accessible with minimal downtime by eliminating single points of failure through redundant components and automatic failover mechanisms.
InfrastructureRead definitionHorizon Dashboard
Horizon Dashboard is the web-based graphical interface for OpenStack that allows users and administrators to manage cloud resources through a browser instead of command-line tools.
InfrastructureRead definitionHyperscaler
A hyperscaler is a cloud provider that operates data centers at massive global scale, offering near-unlimited compute, storage, and networking capacity on demand.
Read definitionHypervisor
A hypervisor is software that creates and manages virtual machines by allowing multiple operating systems to share a single physical server's hardware resources.
ComputeRead definition
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