GCP Cloud Functions Service

A GCP Cloud Functions Service is a function as a service that is a GCP service.

• Context:
  • It can be used to create GCP Cloud Functions.
  • It can be a serverless computing platform that allows developers to run code in response to events without the need to manage infrastructure.
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• Example(s):
  • Serverless Computing,
  • Event-Driven Computing,
  • Function-as-a-Service (FaaS),
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • GCP Cloud Run,
  • AWS Lambda Function,
  • Virtual Machine.
• See: Google App Engine, Platform as a Service, Google Compute Engine, Azure Functions.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Platform#Compute Retrieved:2023-6-6.
  • … Cloud Functions – Functions as a Service to run event-driven code written in Node.js, Java, Python, or Go. * Cloud Run – Compute execution environment based on Knative. Offered as Cloud Run (fully managed) or as Cloud Run for Anthos. Currently supports GCP, AWS and VMware management.

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