Glossary

AI: Artificial Intelligence - The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, often used to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
AWS: Amazon Web Services - A comprehensive cloud computing platform provided by Amazon, offering a wide range of cloud services for storage, computation, and more.
Azure: Microsoft Azure - Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, providing services for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
CI/CD: Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment - Practices that involve automatically integrating code changes into a shared repository and deploying them to production or testing environments.
DevOps: Development and Operations - A set of practices and cultural philosophies that aim to automate and integrate the processes of software development and IT operations.
DVC: Data Version Control - A system for managing and versioning machine learning data, ensuring consistent and reproducible data sets for machine learning projects.
EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud - A web service that offers resizable compute capacity in the cloud, allowing users to run virtual machines (EC2 instances) for various computing tasks.
EKS: Elastic Kubernetes Service - A managed container orchestration service that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes.
ETL: Extract, Transform, Load - A process in data management that involves extracting data from various sources, transforming it into a usable format, and loading it into a destination system.
GCP: Google Cloud Platform - Google’s suite of cloud computing services, providing a range of infrastructure and platform services for building and running applications.
Git LFS: Git Large File Storage - An extension to Git that allows handling large files more efficiently, often used in software development to manage binary assets.
IAM: Identity and Access Management - A service that allows organizations to manage access to their AWS resources securely by defining and controlling user permissions and policies.
IDE: Integrated Development Environment - A software application that provides comprehensive tools and features for software development, including code editing, debugging, and version control.
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation - A lightweight data interchange format that is human-readable and easy for machines to parse, commonly used for data exchange between systems.
MLOps: Machine Learning Operations - The combination of machine learning and DevOps practices, focusing on automating and managing the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle.
ML: Machine Learning - A subset of artificial intelligence that involves algorithms and models enabling computers to learn patterns from data and make predictions or decisions.
RDS: Relational Database Service - A managed database service that streamlines the setup, operation, and scaling of relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and others.
S3: Simple Storage Service - An object storage service designed for storing and retrieving data, known for its scalability, durability, and security features.
VPC: Virtual Private Cloud - A virtual network service that enables users to create isolated and customizable network environments within their cloud infrastructure.
VM: Virtual Machine - An emulation of a computer system that allows multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine, providing isolation and flexibility for various tasks.