AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing: Renting computing resources such as servers, storage and databases over the internet from a provider, paying for what is used instead of owning hardware. It lets teams scale up or down quickly.
Cloud computing: an example
A startup in Bengaluru rents a GPU server for a weekend to train a model and pays only for those hours.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Code point
- Compiler
- Concurrency
- Container
- Content delivery network
- Context switch
- Coordinated Universal Time
- CPU core
Where you learn it
Cloud computing is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.