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GLOSSARY

Amazon EC2: The Elastic Compute Cloud, or computing in-

frastructure as a service over the Internet, supplied by the
Amazon Web Services unit of Amazon.com. Customers rent
time on a virtual server running in EC2.

Cache memory: Part of the server’s random access memory
that is set aside to serve the needs of running applications. It
holds frequently used data or parts of applications that are
needed to complete a job. The use of cache memory speeds

operations and is often employed as a resource combined
from multiple servers in cloud computing techniques.

Cloud app: An application designed to be run in the cloud or
already installed in the cloud for use by customers.

Cloudburst: A burst or spike of data center activity that is off-
loaded to a cloud facility for processing, easing the strain on the

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