# The Lexicon

## Serverless

*Serverless computing* or just *serverless* is a cloud computation model built around the idea of on-demand, ephemeral computing. A typical characteristic is that you pay only for exactly what you use, often to the millisecond.

Not to be confused with the *Serverless framework*, another tool for developing serverless apps.

## Terraform

[Terraform](https://terraform.io) is an infrastructure-as-code tool by [HashiCorp](https://hashicorp.com). AssemblyLift uses Terraform internally to manage infrastructure.