Infrastructure
The foundational compute network storage runtime and supporting services on which software operates.
Plain English
The technical foundation that applications need in order to run.
In context
Infrastructure includes physical or cloud resources configuration and platform capabilities whose capacity security reliability and lifecycle must be managed.
Example
“The platform team provisioned infrastructure for the new production environment.”
When you'll hear this
- system design
- deployment
- capacity planning
Common misunderstanding
Infrastructure is broader than servers and using cloud services does not remove operational responsibility.
Also known as
IT infrastructuretech infrastructure
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Updated: 2026-08-27
