Cloud Learning Glossary
Plain-English definitions for concepts you may encounter while learning across cloud platforms.
Learn mode
A conversational mode for asking questions, exploring concepts, and getting explanations at your own pace.
Quiz mode
A practice mode that presents one question at a time, evaluates your answer, and helps identify topics to review.
Session summary
A concise record of the main topics, questions, and takeaways from a study session.
Source-grounded answer
An answer informed by the documentation or reference material connected to a study companion.
Cloud platform
A provider ecosystem, such as Azure, AWS, or OpenShift, with its own services, terminology, and operating patterns.
Identity and access management
The people, roles, permissions, and authentication controls used to manage access to technology resources.
Networking
The systems and rules that allow applications, services, users, and devices to communicate.
Security posture
The overall strength of an environment's protections, configuration, visibility, and readiness to respond to threats.
Infrastructure as code
The practice of defining infrastructure in versioned, repeatable configuration files instead of creating it only by hand.