Core cloud computing vocabulary tested on the CompTIA Cloud+ exam.
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- What does IaaS stand for?
- Infrastructure as a Service
- What does PaaS stand for?
- Platform as a Service
- What does SaaS stand for?
- Software as a Service
- A public cloud is owned and managed by whom?
- A third-party cloud provider
- A private cloud is owned and managed by whom?
- A single organization
- What is a hybrid cloud?
- A combination of public and private cloud resources
- What is a community cloud?
- A cloud shared by multiple organizations with common concerns
- What is elasticity in cloud computing?
- The ability to automatically increase or decrease resources based on demand
- What is scalability in cloud computing?
- The ability to handle growing amounts of work or to grow to meet demand
- What is high availability?
- A system designed to remain operational and accessible with minimal downtime
- What is fault tolerance?
- The ability of a system to continue operating despite component failures
- What is multitenancy in cloud computing?
- Multiple customers share the same infrastructure and resources
- What is a virtual machine?
- A software emulation of a physical computer that runs an operating system
- What is hypervisor software?
- Software that creates and manages virtual machines on physical hardware
- What is containerization?
- A method of packaging an application and its dependencies into a container