Merge pull request #49706 from gjenkins8/define_resource_glossary

Define 'resource' in glossary

Author: k8s-ci-robot

content/en/docs/reference/glossary/api-resource.md

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+---
+title: API resource
+id: api-resource
+date: 2025-02-09
+full_link: /docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#standard-api-terminology
+short_description: >
+  A Kubernetes entity, representing an endpoint on the Kubernetes API server.
+
+aka:
+ - Resource
+tags:
+- architecture
+---
+An entity in the Kubernetes type system, corresponding to an endpoint on the {{< glossary_tooltip text="Kubernetes API" term_id="kubernetes-api" >}}.
+A resource typically represents an {{< glossary_tooltip text="object" term_id="object" >}}.
+Some resources represent an operation on other objects, such as a permission check.
+<!--more-->
+Each resource represents an HTTP endpoint (URI) on the Kubernetes API server, defining the schema for the objects or operations on that resource.

content/en/docs/reference/glossary/infrastructure-resource.md

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+---
+title: Resource (infrastructure)
+id: infrastructure-resource
+date: 2025-02-09
+short_description: >
+  A defined amount of infrastructure available for consumption (CPU, memory, etc).
+
+aka:
+tags:
+- architecture
+---
+Capabilities provided to one or more {{< glossary_tooltip text="nodes" term_id="node" >}} (CPU, memory, GPUs, etc), and made available for consumption by
+{{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} running on those nodes.
+
+Kubernetes also uses the term _resource_ to describe an {{< glossary_tooltip text="API resource" term_id="api-resource" >}}.
+
+<!--more-->
+Computers provide fundamental hardware facilities: processing power, storage memory, network, etc.
+These resources have finite capacity, measured in a unit applicable to that resource (number of CPUs, bytes of memory, etc).
+Kubernetes abstracts common [resources](/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/)
+for allocation to workloads and utilizes operating system primitives (for example, Linux {{< glossary_tooltip text="cgroups" term_id="cgroup" >}}) to manage consumption by {{< glossary_tooltip text="workloads" term_id="workload" >}}).
+
+You can also use [dynamic resource allocation](/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/dynamic-resource-allocation/) to
+manage complex resource allocations automatically.

content/en/docs/reference/glossary/object.md

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ date: 2020-10-12
 full_link: /docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/#kubernetes-objects
 short_description: >
    An entity in the Kubernetes system, representing part of the state of your cluster.
-aka: 
+aka:
 tags:
+- architecture
 - fundamental
 ---
-An entity in the Kubernetes system. The Kubernetes API uses these entities to represent the state
-of your cluster.
+An entity in the Kubernetes system. An object is an
+{{< glossary_tooltip text="API resource" term_id="api-resource" >}} that the Kubernetes API
+uses to represent the state of your cluster.
 <!--more-->
 A Kubernetes object is typically a “record of intent”—once you create the object, the Kubernetes
 {{< glossary_tooltip text="control plane" term_id="control-plane" >}} works constantly to ensure