Word
iac
Definition
n. Stands for Infrastructure as Code. A way for computer experts to set up and manage servers and networks using computer files instead of doing it by hand.
n. Abbreviation for Infrastructure as Code. The process of managing and provisioning computer data centres through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools.
Examples
“Our team uses IaC to set up new servers automatically.”
“By adopting IaC, the company reduced the time it took to deploy new environments from days to just a few minutes.”
“The shift toward IaC allows DevOps teams to treat their environment configurations with the same version control and testing rigor as their application source code.”
Examples
simple
“Our team uses IaC to set up new servers automatically.”
contextual
“By adopting IaC, the company reduced the time it took to deploy new environments from days to just a few minutes.”
complex
“The shift toward IaC allows DevOps teams to treat their environment configurations with the same version control and testing rigor as their application source code.”
Etymology
An initialism of infrastructure as code. The term follows the linguistic pattern established by earlier cloud computing models such as Software as a Service (SaaS).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Domain
Scan code
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