248 Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Cloud Paks on IBM Power Systems: Volume 1
Kubernetes (also known as k8s or kube)
A container orchestration platform for scheduling and 
automating the deployment, management, and scaling of 
containerized applications.
Load Balancer as a Service (LBaaS)
A service that provides the ability to distribute traffic 
among instances in a virtual private cloud.
Local cloud
A cloud computing environment within the client's data 
center. The local cloud is on-premises, which provides 
improved latency and security. 
Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS)
A computing model that connects mobile applications to 
cloud computing services and provides features, such as 
user management, push notifications, and integration with 
social networks.
Mobile cloud
An infrastructure in which the storage and processing of 
data for applications is offloaded from a mobile device into 
the cloud. 
Multicloud
A cloud adoption strategy that embraces a mix of cloud 
models (public, dedicated, private, and managed) to best 
meet unique business, application, and workload 
requirements.
Microservices
An application architectural style in which an application is 
composed of many discrete, network-connected 
components that are called microservices.
OCI container image
A container image that is compliant with the OCI Image 
Format Specification.
On-premises (on-prem) 
Software that is installed and run on the local computers 
of a user or organization.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
The delivery of a computing platform, including 
applications, optimized middleware, development tools, 
and runtime environments, in a cloud-based environment.
Pod
A group of containers that are running on a Kubernetes 
cluster. A pod is a unit of work that can be run, which can 
be a a stand-alone application or a set of microservices.
Private cloud
A cloud computing environment on which access is limited 
to members of an enterprise and partner networks.
Public cloud
A cloud computing environment on which access to 
standardized resources, such as infrastructure, 
multi-tenant hardware, and services, is available to 
subscribers on a pay-per-use basis.
Registry
A public or private repository that contains images that are 
used to create containers.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
A model of software deployment whereby software, 
including business processes, enterprise applications, 
and collaboration tools, are provided as a service to 
customers through the cloud.