A practical cloud glossary for everyday infrastructure

Definitions and examples for the concepts that show up in everyday cloud work.

C

Control Plane
What a cloud control plane is, how it differs from the data plane, and why an open, auditable control plane matters for infrastructure teams.

V

Virtual Machine
What a virtual machine is, how cloud VMs are provisioned and billed, and when to choose shared, dedicated, or GPU plans for your workload.

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