Key Points
The cloud is made up of a large number of virtual servers that you can rent for your own use. You and your customers access these servers remotely over the Internet and pay for the amount of server time used.
Virtualization is a technology that allows multiple server instances to be run on the same physical computer. This means you can create isolated instances of your software for deployment on the cloud.
Virtual machines are physical server replicas on which you run your own operating system, technology stack, and applications.
Containers are a lightweight virtualization technology that allow rapid replication and deployment of virtual servers. All containers run the same operating system. Docker is currently the most widely used ...
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