Ch 1- Key Terms Flashcards
Anything as a Service (XaaS)
Cloud model that delivers IT as a service through hybrid cloud computing and works with a combination of SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, DBaaS, and/or BPaaS.
Business Process as a Service (BPaaS)
Any business process that is delivered as a service by utilizing a cloud solution.
Chargeback
An accounting strategy that attempts to decentralize the costs of IT services and apply them directly to the teams or divisions that utilize those services.
Cloud bursting
Allows an application running in a private cloud to burst into a public cloud on an on -demand basis.
Communication as a Service (CaaS)
Allows a cloud consumer to utilize enterprise-level voice over IP (VoIP), virtual private networks (VPNs), private branch exchange (PBX), and unified communications using a cloud model.
Community cloud
Cloud model where the infrastructure is shared between several organizations from a specific group within common computing needs and objectives.
Data BLOB
Collection of binary data stored as a single entity.
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Cloud model that delivers database operations as a service to multiple cloud consumers over the Internet.
Elasticity
Allows an organization to dynamically provision and de-provision processing, memory, and storage resources to meet the demands of the network.
Hybrid cloud
Cloud model that utilizes both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organization.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Cloud model where the cloud consumer outsources responsibility for their infrastructure to an external cloud provider that owns the equipment, such as storage, servers, and connectivity domains.
Metadata
Data about data, used to describe particular attributes of data including how the data is formatted.
Metering
The ability of a cloud platform to track the use of IT resources; this is focused primarily on measuring usage by cloud consumers.
Multinancy
Architecture providing a single instance of an application to serve multiple clients or tenants.
Object ID (OID)
Unique identifier used to name an object.
On-demand self-service/ just-in-time service
Gives cloud consumers access to cloud services through an online portal allowing them to acquire computing resources automatically and on demand without human interaction from the cloud provider.
Pay-as-you-grow
A concept in cloud computing where you pay for cloud resources as an organization needs those resources.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Cloud model that provides the infrastructure to create applications and host them with a cloud provider.
Policies
Rule sets by which users and administrators must abide.
Private cloud
Cloud delivery model that is owned and maintained by a single organization; it is implemented behind the corporate firewall that enables an organization to centrally access IT resources.
Private Cloud Space (PCS)
Cloud-based storage that exists within a company’s own internal systems, but can be made available to other departments and units within the company.
Public cloud
A pool of computing resources and services delivered over the Internet by a cloud provider.
Replicas
Used to create a mirrored copy of data between 2 redundant hardware devices.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Cloud model that allows a cloud consumer the ability to use on-demand software applications delivered by the cloud provider via the Internet.
Ubiquitous access
Allows a cloud service to be widely accessible via a web browser from anywhere allowing for the same level of access either from home or work.
