| English | Portuguese |
| cloud computing | computação em nuvem (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) |
| compute emulator | emulador de computação (The software emulation of the Windows Azure Compute service that runs in the developer's local environment for application testing and debugging) |
| computing device | dispositivo de computação (A piece of equipment that is used for running programs) |
| distributed computing | computação distribuída (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) |
| Trusted Computing Group | Trusted Computing Group (The organization that sets standards for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) use and interface) |
| Windows Azure compute instance | instância de computação do Windows Azure (The computing operation or execution of logic within Windows Azure Platform in response to function call from an application) |