Serverless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Serverless is an adjective meaning (computing) Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.
Meaning
(computing) Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.
More Meanings
- (computing, literally) Not involving a server; composed only of clients.
Example Sentences
serverless architecture
2005, Coulouris et al, Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design A group at the University of California, Berkeley, proposed a serverless network file system architecture and developed a prototype implementation.
Generally, when people think of serverless computing, they tend to think of applications with back-ends that run on third-party services, also described as code running on ephemeral containers. In my experience, many businesses and people who are new to serverless computing will consider serverless applications to be simply “in the cloud.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cloud-first, cloudy, server-side, role-based, hyperconverged, lazy.
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