serverless

English

Etymology

server +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

serverless (not comparable)

1. (computing) Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.
   • 2017, Maddie Stigler, Beginning Serverless Computing, Apress, →ISBN, page 1:

     Generally, when people think of serverless computing, they tend to think of applications with back-ends that run on third-party services, also described as code running on ephemeral containers. In my experience, many businesses and people who are new to serverless computing will consider serverless applications to be simply “in the cloud.”

2. (computing, literally) Not involving a server; composed only of clients.

   serverless architecture

   • 2005, Coulouris et al, Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design

     A group at the University of California, Berkeley, proposed a serverless network file system architecture and developed a prototype implementation.

Translations

not involving a server

• Finnish: palvelimeton
• Russian: бессе́рверный (ru) (bessérvernyj)

Further reading

• serverless computing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia