Modified 2 August 2026

AI glossary

k8s

Numeronym for Kubernetes — the open-source system for orchestrating containers at scale. The 8 stands for the letters between k and s ("ubernete"). Mostly used in devops contexts: "we run k8s in prod". Overkill for a one-person project, invaluable for a 100-person team with 50 microservices.

Related terms

• Numeronym
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Container

Read more on Agentakademin

• Infrastruktur