Cluster

A group of interconnected machines running Kubernetes that work together to deploy, schedule, scale, and manage containerized applications across multiple worker nodes under the control of a centralized control plane.

A computing approach in which processing tasks are distributed across multiple interconnected computers that work together as a single system.

A virtual or physical compute resource that provides CPU, memory, storage, and networking for running applications and workloads.

The practice of distributing workloads or requests across multiple computing resources to improve scalability, availability, and resource utilization.

A system that automatically adjusts computing resources based on workload demand to maintain performance, availability, and efficient resource utilization.