Term 151
Cloud Composer
Cloud Composer is a fully managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow that helps you create, schedule, monitor, and manage workflows across clouds and on-premises environments.
Acronym study
Terms 151–180 of 1001 Cloud Digital Leader acronyms and key terms. Each entry includes a plain-English definition and a link to the full 800-word glossary page with exam context and practice questions.
Term 151
Cloud Composer is a fully managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow that helps you create, schedule, monitor, and manage workflows across clouds and on-premises environments.
Term 152
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the internet, allowing users to access computing power, storage, and applications without owning physical hardware.
Term 153
Cloud DLP (Data Loss Prevention) is a set of tools and policies that protect sensitive data stored, processed, or shared in cloud services from unauthorized access, leaks, or breaches.
Term 154
A managed domain name system service that translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses, enabling reliable and scalable network routing in cloud environments.
Term 155
Cloud Functions are serverless compute services that let you run single-purpose code in response to events without managing servers.
Term 156
Cloud governance is the framework of policies, processes, and controls that ensure an organization's cloud usage is secure, cost-effective, compliant, and aligned with business goals.
Term 157
Cloud IAM (Identity and Access Management) is a framework of policies and technologies that ensures the right individuals have appropriate access to cloud resources at the right time and for the right reasons.
Term 158
Cloud Interconnect is a service that provides a dedicated, private, high-bandwidth connection between your on-premises network and a cloud provider's network, bypassing the public internet for improved reliability, security, and performance.
Term 159
Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) is a cloud-based service that lets you create, manage, and use encryption keys to protect your data at rest and in transit.
Term 160
Cloud Load Balancing is the process of distributing incoming network traffic across multiple servers or resources in the cloud to ensure no single resource is overwhelmed, improving availability and reliability.
Term 161
Cloud logging is the practice of collecting, storing, and analyzing log data generated by cloud-based resources and applications to monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and maintain security.
Term 162
A Cloud management gateway is a network appliance or software service that securely connects devices on a local network to a cloud-based management platform, enabling remote monitoring, configuration, and updates.
Term 163
Cloud migration is the process of moving digital assets like data, applications, and IT resources from on-premises data centers to the cloud, or from one cloud environment to another.
Term 164
Cloud monitoring is the process of observing, measuring, and managing an organization's cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure performance, availability, and security.
Term 165
Cloud NAT is a managed network address translation service that allows private cloud resources to initiate outbound internet connections while keeping them unreachable from the internet.
Term 166
Cloud productivity refers to the use of internet-based software applications and services that enable individuals and teams to create, collaborate, manage, and share work from anywhere, on any device, without requiring local installation or maintenance of the underlying infrastructure.
Term 167
A cloud router is a virtual networking device in a cloud environment that manages traffic between different virtual networks and connects them to on-premises networks using dynamic routing protocols.
Term 168
Cloud Run is a fully managed compute platform from Google Cloud that lets you run containerized applications in a serverless environment, automatically scaling from zero to thousands of requests.
Term 169
A Cloud SDK is a set of software tools and libraries that developers use to build, manage, and interact with cloud services programmatically.
Term 170
Cloud security architecture is the design and organization of security controls, policies, and technologies used to protect data, applications, and infrastructure in a cloud computing environment.
Term 171
Cloud security posture management is the continuous process of monitoring cloud environments to detect misconfigurations, compliance violations, and security risks, and automatically remediating them to maintain a strong security posture.
Term 172
Cloud Shell is a browser-based command-line interface that gives you temporary access to a cloud provider’s infrastructure, complete with pre-installed tools and a file system, without needing to install anything on your own computer.
Term 173
Cloud Spanner is a fully managed, globally distributed relational database service from Google Cloud that combines the benefits of relational database structure with horizontal scalability and strong consistency.
Term 174
Cloud SQL is a fully managed relational database service that lets you set up, maintain, and scale SQL databases (like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server) in the cloud without managing the underlying infrastructure.
Term 175
Cloud storage is a service that lets you save data on remote servers accessed over the internet instead of on your computer's hard drive.
Term 176
Cloud Storage classes are categories of data storage services offered by cloud providers that differ in performance, availability, cost, and access frequency, allowing users to optimize costs based on how often data is accessed.
Term 177
Cloud sync is the process of automatically keeping data files or configurations consistent between a local device and a remote cloud storage service by synchronizing changes made on either side.
Term 178
Cloud Translation is a managed service that uses machine learning to dynamically translate text between languages over the internet.
Term 179
A Cloud VPN is a service that securely connects your private network to a cloud provider's network over the public internet using encryption and authentication.
Term 180
Cloud-native is a modern approach to building and running applications that fully exploits the cloud computing model by using containers, microservices, serverless functions, and automated orchestration to achieve scalability, resilience, and rapid delivery.