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cloud-native

cloud-native adjective: able to take full advantage of running on public, private, or hybrid cloud computing environments.

Adjective

cloud-native (not comparable)

  1. Able to take full advantage of running on public, private, or hybrid cloud computing environments.
    • Therefore, at its most basic form, cloud native means to embrace cloud computing services to design the solution; however, that only covers part of what is required to become cloud native.2018, Tom Laszewski, Kamal Arora, Erik Farr, Piyum Zonooz, Cloud Native Architectures […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 7
    • Automation: Cloud-native applications and their life cycles should be automated as much as possible.2018, Onur Yılmaz, Cloud-Native Continuous Integration and Delivery […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 11

Forms of cloud-native

alternative formcloud native

Questions about cloud-native

What does cloud-native mean?
Cloud-native means able to take full advantage of running on public, private, or hybrid cloud computing environments.
What part of speech is cloud-native?
Cloud-native is an adjective.

Words near cloud-native in the dictionary

  1. cloud-bursts
  2. cloud-capt
  3. cloud-cuckoo-land
  4. cloud-first
  5. cloud-headed
  6. cloud-native
  7. cloud-ridden
  8. cloud-seeding
  9. cloud-to-ground
  10. clouda
  11. cloudage

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