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Understanding Google Cloud APIs
From the course: Learning Cloud Service APIs
Understanding Google Cloud APIs
Before we dive into the specifics of Cloud Service APIs, and there are a lot of specifics, let's take a moment to put a little foundation under our feet. First, what exactly do we mean by Cloud Service APIs? Well, essentially, a Cloud Service API is a set of protocols and functionality, implemented on an internet connected system, that allows other software, typically apps, to request information and calculations from it, either directly or through an intermediary. There are three basic implementations of Cloud Service APIs. Infrastructure, which handles spinning up virtual machines on demand, load balancing and other network-related chores, this is known as Infrastructure as a Service, or IaaS. Then there are the Platform as a Service, PaaS APIs, that offer a range of services, including large scale computation, file and database storage and access. Finally, there's one more acronym, SaaS, or Software as a Service, which offers specific application functionality, running the gamut…
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