Compute Instance
Noun · Development
Definitions
An individual virtual or physical runtime unit provisioned to execute workloads, such as a VM or managed machine in a cloud platform. Compute instances are the basic building blocks for many architectures, even when they are hidden behind higher-level services like autoscaling groups or clusters.
In plain English: A single machine instance used to run workloads.
Example: "They debugged the latency spike by SSHing into one overloaded compute instance and finding that it had fallen behind on background compaction."