Google Cloud Platform

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Definition

Google's cloud computing services that help you build, deploy, and scale applications using Google's infrastructure. Like using Google's massive computer network for your projects.

Real-World Example

A gaming company uses Google Cloud Platform to handle millions of players around the world.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These are the major public cloud platforms. Each offers similar building blocks—compute, storage, networking, databases, analytics, and AI/ML—delivered as managed services on global infrastructure, but with different product names, consoles, and pricing models.

AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AZ
Microsoft Azure
GCP
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

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