Glossary / Cloud & infrastructure

VPS (Virtual Private Server)

A VPS is a slice of a physical server carved out by virtualization so it behaves like your own dedicated machine — your operating system, your resources, your root access — at a fraction of dedicated hardware cost. It's the workhorse of small-to-medium hosting. The trade-off versus managed cloud platforms: you get full control, and full responsibility for patching, security, and backups.