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On-premises

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˌɑːn ˈprɛmɪsɪz/adjectiveCore term

In software engineering, on-premises means: Describes servers and software that a company runs in its own building or data center, rather than renting them from a cloud provider.

In Turkish: şirket içi, kurum içi, yerel altyapı

How it is used

Often shortened to 'on-prem' in speech. Used before nouns ('on-premises servers') and after verbs ('run on-premises'). Banks and public institutions often keep some systems on-premises for regulatory reasons.

Example sentences

  1. Our customer data stays on-premises, but the website runs in the cloud.

  2. Moving from on-premises hardware to the cloud took us almost two years.

Common collocations

  • on-premises servers
  • run on-premises
  • on-premises data center
  • on-premises to cloud migration
  • hybrid cloudA setup that combines a company's own on-premises systems or private cloud with a public cloud provider, with the two connected and working together.
  • cloud computingRenting servers, storage, databases and other computing resources over the internet from a provider, instead of buying and running your own hardware.
  • serverA computer or program that waits for requests from browsers and other clients and sends back pages, files or data.
  • SaaSShort for software as a service: complete software that customers use through a browser or app and pay for by subscription, while the vendor runs everything behind it.

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