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GCP ACE Flashcards

intermediate 21 cards

Free flashcards for Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE): flip each card to reveal the definition. Built from the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) glossary as a study aid, these are concept checks, not real exam questions.

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All 21 terms

Project
The basic container for GCP resources, billing and IAM.
Organisation
The top of the resource hierarchy for a company.
Folder
Groups projects for shared policy.
IAM
Identity and Access Management - who can do what.
Service account
A non-human identity used by workloads.
Compute Engine
Virtual machines on Google Cloud.
GKE
Google Kubernetes Engine - managed Kubernetes.
Cloud Run
Runs stateless containers serverlessly.
App Engine
Fully managed platform for apps.
Cloud Functions
Event-driven serverless functions.
Cloud Storage
Object storage with multiple classes.
Persistent Disk
Block storage for Compute Engine.
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud - your network in GCP.
Firewall rule
Controls traffic to and from resources.
Cloud Load Balancing
Distributes traffic across instances.
Cloud SQL
Managed relational databases.
BigQuery
Serverless data warehouse for analytics.
Cloud Operations
Monitoring, logging and alerting (formerly Stackdriver).
gcloud
The Google Cloud command-line tool.
Cloud Shell
A browser-based shell with gcloud preinstalled.
Region / zone
A geographic area / an isolated location within it.