Infrastructure

/ˌsiː.ɑːrˈɛl/

noun — "the blacklist that keeps revoked certificates in check."

CRL, short for Certificate Revocation List, is a digitally signed list of certificates that have been revoked before their scheduled expiration within a PKI system. It enables systems and applications to verify that a digital certificate is no longer trustworthy due to compromise, expiration, or policy violations, ensuring secure communications remain intact.

/ˈsɜːr.tɪ.fɪ.kət əˈθɒr.ɪ.ti/

noun — "the trusted entity that vouches for digital identities."

/ˌpiːˌkeɪˈaɪ/

noun — "the system that makes digital trust possible."

PKI, short for Public Key Infrastructure, is a framework that manages digital certificates and public-private key pairs to enable secure communication, authentication, and data integrity over networks such as the Internet. It provides the foundation for encryption, digital signatures, and identity verification in applications ranging from secure email to e-commerce and VPNs.

/klaʊd kəmˈpjuː.tɪŋ/

noun — "delivering computing resources over the Internet on demand."

/ˈnɛt.wɜːrk/

noun — "the web of connected devices exchanging data."

Network is a system of interconnected devices, nodes, or computers that communicate and share resources through wired or wireless links. Networks can range from small local setups, such as Local Area Networks (LAN), to expansive global structures like the Internet. They enable resource sharing, distributed computing, data transfer, and communication between users and devices.

/ˌaɪ siː tiː/

noun — "the digital nervous system of modern society."

ICT (information and communication technologies) is an umbrella term covering the technologies used to create, store, process, transmit, and exchange information in digital form. It encompasses computing hardware, communication networks, software systems, and the protocols that allow data to move reliably between devices, organizations, and people. Rather than describing a single technology, ICT refers to an integrated technical ecosystem that enables modern digital society to function.

/ˌdʒiː-siː-ˈpiː/

n. “Google’s playground for the cloud-minded.”

GCP, short for Google Cloud Platform, is Google’s public cloud suite that provides infrastructure, platform, and application services for businesses, developers, and data scientists. It’s designed to leverage Google’s expertise in scalability, networking, and data analytics while integrating seamlessly with services like BigQuery, AI, and Kubernetes.

/ˌoʊ-siː-ˈaɪ/

n. “The cloud playground for Oracle’s world.”

OCI, short for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, is Oracle’s enterprise-grade cloud platform designed to provide a full suite of infrastructure and platform services for building, deploying, and managing applications and workloads in the cloud. Think of it as Oracle’s answer to AWS, Azure, and GCP, but tailored with deep integration to Oracle’s ecosystem of databases, applications, and enterprise tools.

/ˈaɪ-æs/

n. “Rent the machines, run your own rules.”

IaaS, short for Infrastructure as a Service, is a cloud computing model that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. Rather than purchasing and maintaining physical servers, storage, and networking hardware, organizations can provision these resources on demand from a provider. This gives unprecedented flexibility, allowing users to scale up or down based on workload requirements without the traditional capital expenditures of a data center.