| English | Spanish |
| client/server computing | entorno cliente/servidor (A model of computing whereby client applications running on a desktop or personal computer access information on remote servers or host computers. The client portion of the application is typically optimized for user interaction, whereas the server portion provides centralized, multiuser functionality) |
| cloud computing | informática en nube (A type of computing that uses groups of servers and scalable resources, generally a platform as a service and software as a service, over the Internet) |
| computing device | dispositivo informático (A piece of equipment that is used for running programs) |
| distributed computing | computación distribuida (A form of information processing in which work is performed by separate computers linked through a communications network. Distributed processing is usually categorized as either plain distributed processing or true distributed processing. Plain distributed processing shares the workload among computers that can communicate with one another. True distributed processing has separate computers perform different tasks in such a way that their combined work can contribute to a larger goal. The latter type of processing requires a highly structured environment that allows hardware and software to communicate, share resources, and exchange information freely) |
| high-performance computing | informática de alto rendimiento (The type of computing that uses supercomputers or computer clusters to address computation problems which require high bandwidth, low latency networking, very high compute capabilities, etc) |
| pay-as-you-go computing | pago por uso (A model in which a solution provider offers a computer to the customer for a low initial payment, and the customer adds time to the computer by purchasing blocks of computer usage time. Once an agreed-upon amount of usage time is purchased, the customer has unlimited access to the computer and no longer needs to pay for computer usage time) |
| subscription computing | plan de suscripción (An approach in which telephone and internet service providers offer PCs to their customers, who then have the ability to pay for them over time through their monthly bill) |
