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Aurora Serverless
Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora that automatically starts, scales, and stops database capacity based on your application's needs.
Acronym study
Terms 31–60 of 595 Google PCA 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 31
Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora that automatically starts, scales, and stops database capacity based on your application's needs.
Term 32
An Auto Scaling group is a logical collection of EC2 instances that automatically adjusts the number of instances based on demand, ensuring availability and cost efficiency.
Term 33
A fallback method used by a device to automatically assign itself an IP address when it cannot obtain one from a DHCP server.
Term 34
An Autoscaler is a cloud service that automatically increases or decreases the number of virtual machines (instances) or resources based on real-time demand, so your application always has enough capacity without wasting money on idle servers.
Term 35
An Availability set is a cloud computing feature that groups virtual machines across multiple fault domains and update domains to ensure high availability during hardware failures or planned maintenance.
Term 36
An Availability Zone is a distinct, isolated location within a cloud region that contains its own power, cooling, and networking, designed to protect applications from single points of failure.
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AWS Backup is a fully managed service that centralizes and automates data backups across multiple AWS services, enabling you to define backup policies, monitor activity, and restore data from a single dashboard.
Term 38
Azure Automation is a cloud-based service that lets you automatically create, deploy, monitor, and maintain resources in your Microsoft Azure environment using runbooks and configuration management.
Term 39
Azure Bastion is a fully managed PaaS service that provides secure and seamless RDP and SSH connectivity to virtual machines directly through the Azure portal without exposing public IP addresses.
Term 40
Azure Firewall is a cloud-based network security service that protects your virtual networks in Microsoft Azure by filtering traffic based on rules you define.
Term 41
Backup and restore is the process of creating copies of data or system state to protect against loss, and then using those copies to recover the original data or system after a failure or disaster.
Term 42
Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can travel over a network connection in a given amount of time, usually measured in bits per second.
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A Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) is the unique hardware address that identifies a specific wireless access point or a group of wireless devices communicating together.
Term 44
A bastion host is a specially hardened server on a network’s perimeter that allows authorized users to securely access internal systems from outside the network.
Term 45
Batch is a cloud computing service that runs large numbers of computing jobs as a group, or batch, without needing to manage individual servers.
Term 46
Batch processing is a method of running high-volume, repetitive data jobs where a group of transactions is collected, processed together automatically, and then results are produced without real-time user interaction.
Term 47
A bayonet-style coaxial connector used in radio frequency applications, especially for cable television and older network connections.
Term 48
A formal security model that prevents users from reading information at a higher classification level than their own and from writing information down to a lower classification level.
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BeyondCorp is a zero-trust security model developed by Google that shifts access control from the network perimeter to individual users and devices, enabling secure work from any location without a traditional VPN.
Term 50
Biba is a security model that uses a lattice-based system to enforce integrity, ensuring that data cannot be corrupted by unauthorized or less trustworthy subjects.
Term 51
Big data refers to extremely large and complex datasets that traditional data processing tools cannot handle efficiently, requiring specialized technologies to store, process, and analyze them.
Term 52
BigQuery is a fully managed, serverless data warehouse on Google Cloud that lets you run fast SQL queries on massive datasets without managing any infrastructure.
Term 53
BigQuery ML is a feature in Google Cloud that lets you create and run machine learning models using standard SQL queries directly on data stored in BigQuery.
Term 54
BigQuery slots are units of computational capacity that determine how much processing power your queries can use in Google BigQuery.
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Bigtable is Google's fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service designed for large analytical and operational workloads, handling petabytes of data with low latency.
Term 56
A billing account in Google Cloud is a container for all the charges generated by using cloud resources, linked to a payment method and used to track and pay for your usage.
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Binary Authorization is a security control that ensures only trusted container images are deployed in a Kubernetes or cloud environment.
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A bit is the smallest unit of data in computing and digital communications, representing a single binary value of either 0 or 1.
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Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology used to connect devices like keyboards, mice, headphones, and smartphones without cables.
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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol that directs data packets between the autonomous systems that make up the global internet.