Hosting Glossary

Browse 11 hosting terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

11 Hosting Terms

AI Hosting
The infrastructure and operational setup used to run AI models or AI-powered services, whether managed by a provider or self-hosted. AI hosting decisions...
Bare Metal
A physical server or computer used directly without a hypervisor, virtual machine, or container abstraction layer, giving the workload exclusive access to the...
Cloud
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing resources (servers, storage, databases, networking, software, and analytics) over the internet on a pay-as-you-go...
Fly.io
A platform for deploying full-stack applications and databases close to users worldwide using lightweight virtual machines (Firecracker microVMs). Unlike...
Model Hosting
The infrastructure and operational setup used to run and serve models, whether managed by a provider or self-hosted by a team. Model hosting affects cost,...
On Prem
Short for on-premises, meaning software or infrastructure runs in a customer's or organization's own facilities rather than in a public cloud. The phrase is...
Railway
A modern application hosting platform that simplifies deploying backend services, databases, and full-stack applications. Railway provides a visual dashboard...
Source Forge
A reference to SourceForge, one of the earliest major hosting platforms for open source projects, offering downloads, version control, and project pages before...
Static File
A file served to the client exactly as stored on disk — such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, or fonts — without any server-side processing or dynamic...
Static Site
A website composed entirely of pre-built HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files that are served as-is without server-side rendering or database queries at request...
Vercel
A cloud platform for frontend developers that specializes in deploying web applications with zero configuration. Founded by Guillermo Rauch and originally...

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