Glossary terms from course 4, module 3

Autoscaling: A system that allows the service to increase or reduce capacity as needed, while the service owner only pays for the cost of the machines that are in use at any given time

Databases: Databases allow us to store query, filter, and manage large amounts of data

File storage service: Allows to centrally store files and manage access between files and groups

HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure is a secure version of HTTP that ensures the communication your web browser has with the website is secured through encryption.

HTTP status code: The codes or numbers that indicate some sort of error or info messages that occurred when trying to access a web resource

Hybrid cloud: Used to describe situations where companies might run things like their most sensitive proprietary technologies on a private cloud or on premise while entrusting their less sensitive servers to a public cloud

Load balancer: Ensures that each VM receives a balanced number of queries

Network file system: A protocol that enables files to be shared over a network

Platform services: A platform for developers to completely build and deploy software applications, without having to deal with OS maintenance, server hardware, networking or other services that are needed to use the platform tools

Private cloud: When a company owns the services and the rest of the cloud infrastructure, whether on-site or in a remote data center

Public cloud: The cloud services provided by a third party

Regions: A geographical location containing a number of data centers

Software services: The services that employees use that allow them to do their daily job functions, such as word processors, Internet browsers, email clients, chat clients, and more

Web server: A web server stores and serves content to clients through the Internet.