Glossary
Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.
A Virtual Machine (VM) is a software-based computer that runs on physical hardware through a hypervisor, providing an isolated computing environment with its own operating system, CPU allocation, memory, and storage.
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is an isolated network environment within a public cloud provider where you control IP addressing, subnets, routing tables, and security rules for your cloud resources.
A volume is a block storage device that provides persistent data storage for instances in cloud hosting. It functions like an external hard drive that can be attached to, detached from, and moved between instances while retaining all stored data.
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is an encrypted network connection that creates a secure tunnel between endpoints over the public internet, protecting data in transit and allowing private resources to communicate as if on the same local network.
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