Cloud Computing terms starting with C

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canned access policy A standard access control policy that you can apply to a bucket or object. Options include: private, public-read, public-read-write, and…
Canonical Name Record (CNAME) A type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that specifies that the domain name is an alias of another, canonical domain name.
canonicalization The process of converting data into a standard format that a service such as Amazon S3 can recognize.
Capacity Your ability to make your mortgage payments on time. This depends on your income and income stability (job history and security), your assets and savings…
capacity planning The process of determining which one of the 12 million potential configuration options on AWS a user should choose to optimize operations.
Cascading Cascading is an open-source Java library that provides a query API, a query planner, and a job scheduler for creating and running Hadoop MapReduce…
certificate Digital signature combining data verification and encryption key. See PKI Digital Signature.
chargeable resources Features or services whose use incurs fees. Although some AWS products are free, others include charges.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block An Internet protocol address allocation and route aggregation methodology. See Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR_notation.
cloud app a software application that is never installed on a local machine - it's always accessed over the Internet.
cloud arcs short for cloud architectures. Designs for software applications that can be accessed and used over the Internet.
Cloud as a Service (CaaS) a cloud computing service that has been opened up into a platform that others can build upon.
cloud bridge running an application in such a way that its components are integrated within multiple cloud environments (which could be any combination of…
cloud client computing device for cloud computing. Updated version of thin client.
cloud computing Provides users access to IT-related capabilities (infrastructure and/or applications) "as a service" without regard for the underlying technology or…
Cloud Enabler A general term that refers to organizations (typically vendors) who are not cloud providers per se, but make available technology, such as cloudware, that…
cloud envy used to describe a vendor who jumps on the cloud computing bandwagon by rebranding existing services.
cloud OS anything about Google chrome.
Cloud Portability The ability to move applications (and often their associated data) across cloud computing environments from different cloud providers, as well as across…
Cloud Provider An organization that makes a cloud computing environment available to others, such as an external or public cloud.
cloud server A "server" is simply an operating system leveraging the pool of CPU and Ram resources available from the underlying physical hardware also referred to as…
Cloud Service Architecture (CSA) A term coined by Jeff Barr, chief evangelist at Amazon Web Services. The term describes an architecture in which applications and application components…
Cloud Spanning Running an application in a way that its components straddle multiple cloud environments (which could be any combination of internal/private and…
cloud storage just what it says) Sometimes compared to leasing a car - you'll have monthly payments but hopefully you'll always have the lastest/greatest technology.
Cloud-Oriented Architecture (COA) An architecture for IT infrastructure and software applications that is optimized for use in cloud computing environments.
cloudburst what happens when your cloud has an outage or security breach and your data is unavailable.
Cloudburst (negative) The failure of a cloud computing environment due to the inability to handle a spike in demand.
Cloudburst (positive) The dynamic deployment of a software application that runs on internal organizational compute resources to a public cloud to address a spike in demand.
cloudcenter a large company, such as Amazon, that rents its infrastructure.
CloudFormation Allows developers and systems administrators to easily create and manage a group of related AWS resources by provisioning and updating them in an…
Cloudsourcing Leveraging services in the network cloud to provide external computing capabilities, often to replace more expensive local IT capabilities.
cloudstorm connecting multiple cloud computing environments. Also called cloud network.
Cloudstorming The act of connecting multiple cloud computing environments.
Cloudware A general term referring to a variety of software, typically at the infrastructure level, that enables building, deploying, running or managing…
CloudWatch A tracking service which allows developers and administrators to minitor resource utilization, application performance, and operational health.
cluster compute instance A type of instance that provides a great amount of CPU power coupled with increased networking performance, making it well suited for High Performance…
cluster placement group A logical cluster compute instance grouping to provide lower latency and high-bandwidth connectivity between the instances.
co-branding Running a business logo on a site or service that another company provides. Co-branding with Amazon Simple Pay, for example, is merely adding an…
compute unit A compute unit is measurement tool used to compare and contrast different virtual servers (instances).
condition A health problem with certain characteristics or symptoms.
conditional parameter See mapping.
consistency model The method a service uses to achieve high availability. For example, it could involve replicating data across multiple servers in a data center.
consistent read When data is written or updated successfully, all copies of the data are updated in all AWS regions.
Console A scroll-shaped projecting bracket that supports a horizontal member.
Consolidated Billing See AWS Consolidated Billing.
Content Distribution Network (CDN) A large distributed system of servers deployed in data centers all across the internet.
cooldown period Amount of time during which Auto Scaling does not allow the desired size of the Auto Scaling group to be changed by any other notification from a…
core node An EC2 instance that runs Hadoop map and reduce tasks and stores data using the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
credentials Also called access credentials or security credentials. In authentication and authorization, a system uses credentials to identify who is making a call…
customer gateway A router or software application on your side of a VPN tunnel that is managed by Amazon VPC.