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