Costs Glossary
Browse 4 costs terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Costs Terms
- Cloud Tax
- A slang term for the extra cost paid for convenience, managed services, abstraction, or vendor markup in cloud environments compared with self-managed...
- Over Budget
- Costing more than the agreed or expected amount, whether in money, time, or compute. In engineering it often applies to cloud spend, project estimates, or...
- Overhead
- The additional cost, time, or complexity required to support an operation beyond the core work itself. Overhead can be technical, organizational, or...
- Toll Road
- A path that charges a recurring cost in money, time, or approval every time you use it. In engineering slang, a toll road process is tolerated only when the...
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