Cloud Computing Fundamentals .c

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering cloud computing definitions, use cases, benefits, and service types based on the lecture transcript.

Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with __________ pricing.

pay-as-you-go

An example of a cloud provider mentioned in the text that offers technology services like compute, storage, and databases is __________.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Healthcare companies use the cloud to develop more __________ for patients.

personalized treatments

Financial services companies use the cloud to power real-time __________.

fraud detection and prevention

The cloud benefit that allows you to deploy technology services in a matter of minutes and innovate faster is __________.

Agility

With cloud __________ , you do not have to over-provision resources up front to handle peak levels of business activity.

Elasticity

Cloud computing allows organizations to trade fixed expenses, such as physical data centers, for __________ expenses.

variable

Cloud variable expenses are much lower than self-managed infrastructure due to __________.

economies of scale

Deploying applications in closer proximity to end users reduces __________ and improves their experience.

latency

The three main types of cloud computing include Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and __________.

Software as a Service