Homelab
A personal lab environment at home used to learn, experiment with and run IT infrastructure.
A homelab can range from a single Raspberry Pi to racks of enterprise gear. Enthusiasts use them to practice skills, host services, and tinker with virtualization, networking and automation. The community is welcoming and shares builds on forums and subreddits.
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Home Server
A computer you run at home to provide services such as file storage, media streaming, backups or self-hosted apps to your devices.
Self-Hosting
Running software on hardware you control instead of relying on third-party cloud services.