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Glossary

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Auto Scaling

a method used in cloud computing, whereby the amount of computational resources in a server farm, typically measured in terms of the number of active servers, which vary automatically based on the load on the farm.

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Container Security Solutions

The process of implementing security tools and policies that will give you the assurance that everything in your container is running as intended, and only as intended.

Container Software

A standard unit of software that packages up code and all its dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing environment to another.

Container Runtime Interface

A plugin interface which enables Kubelet to use a wide variety of container runtimes, without the need to recompile.

Container Virtualization

A container is a virtual runtime environment that runs on top of a single operating system (OS) kernel and emulates an operating system rather than the underlying hardware.

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Infrastructure Architecture

A structured and modern approach for supporting an organization and facilitating innovation within an enterprise.

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Kata Containers

Kata containers is an open source project delivering increased container security and Workload isolation through an implementation of lightweight virtual machines.

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Pod Containers

A Group of one or more containers , with shared storage/network, and a specification for how to run the containers.

Private Cloud

A computing model that offers a proprietary environment dedicated to a single business entity.

Public Cloud

Computing services offered by third-party providers over the public Internet, making them available to anyone who wants to use or purchase them.

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Serverless Containers

An architecture in which code is executed on-demand. Serverless workloads are typically in the cloud, but on-premises serverless platforms exist, too.

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Virtual Machine Monitor

Computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.

Virtual Machine Software

A software program or operating system that not only exhibits the behavior of a separate computer, but is also capable of performing tasks such as running applications and programs like a separate computer.

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