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Google Professional Cloud Architect/Acronyms/Part 3

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Google PCA Acronyms — Part 3 of 20

Terms 61–90 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.

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Term 61

Brewer-Nash

Brewer-Nash is a security model that prevents conflicts of interest by restricting access to data based on the user's past access history and organizational membership.

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Term 62

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

A Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) is a special message that network switches exchange to detect and prevent loops in an Ethernet network.

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Term 63

Broadband

Broadband is a high-speed internet connection that can carry multiple data signals at once, like having a wide highway for all your online traffic.

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Term 64

Budgets

Budgets in cloud computing are monitoring tools that allow you to set spending limits and receive alerts when your costs approach or exceed those limits.

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Term 65

Cable internet

Cable internet is a type of broadband internet access that uses the same coaxial copper cables as cable television to deliver high-speed data to homes and businesses.

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Term 66

Cable tester

A cable tester is a device used to verify that network or electrical cables are wired correctly and can carry signals without interruption.

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Term 67

Caching

Caching is the process of storing copies of frequently accessed data in a temporary storage location, known as a cache, so that future requests for that data can be served faster and with less computational effort.

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Term 68

CAN

A CAN (Controller Area Network) is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other without a host computer.

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Term 69

Canonical Name

A DNS record that maps an alias domain name to the official or canonical domain name, like a nickname pointing to a real name.

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Term 70

CAPWAP

CAPWAP (Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points) is a standard protocol that allows a central controller to manage multiple wireless access points, separating the control plane from the data plane in a wireless network.

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Term 71

CASB

A Cloud Access Security Broker is a security policy enforcement point placed between cloud service consumers and cloud providers to monitor, control, and protect access to cloud resources.

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Term 72

Cellular WAN

A wide-area network that uses cellular towers and mobile data technology to connect devices to the internet without physical cables.

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Term 73

Certificate authority

A trusted entity that issues digital certificates to verify the identity of websites, devices, and users in secure online communications.

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Term 74

Cisco Discovery Protocol

A proprietary Layer 2 network protocol used by Cisco devices to discover information about directly connected neighbor devices.

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Term 75

Clark-Wilson

A security model that enforces data integrity by ensuring that only authorized, well-formed transactions change data, and that those changes are logged and controlled.

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Term 76

Classless Inter-domain Routing

Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) is a method for allocating IP addresses and routing IP packets more efficiently by replacing the old class-based system with variable-length subnet masks.

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Term 77

Cloud Armor

Cloud Armor is a Google Cloud web application firewall (WAF) service that protects applications and websites from attacks like DDoS and SQL injection using customizable security rules.

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Term 78

Cloud Audit Logs

Cloud Audit Logs are a record of actions taken by users, services, and resources inside a cloud environment, capturing who did what, when, and from where.

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Term 79

Cloud Build

Cloud Build is a managed service that compiles source code into deployable artifacts, often used in continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.

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Term 80

Cloud CDN

A Cloud CDN is a network of servers spread around the world that stores copies of your website or app content so it loads faster for users no matter where they are.

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Term 81

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.

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Term 82

Cloud Deploy

Cloud Deploy is the process of releasing software applications and updates from development to production environments that run on cloud infrastructure.

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Term 83

Cloud DNS

A managed domain name system service that translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses, enabling reliable and scalable network routing in cloud environments.

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Term 84

Cloud Functions

Cloud Functions are serverless compute services that let you run single-purpose code in response to events without managing servers.

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Term 85

Cloud IAM

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.

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Term 86

Cloud Interconnect

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.

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Term 87

Cloud KMS

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.

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Term 88

Cloud Load Balancing

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.

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Term 89

Cloud logging

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.

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Term 90

Cloud Monitoring

Cloud monitoring is the process of observing, measuring, and managing an organization's cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure performance, availability, and security.

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