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title: "CNCF"
date: "2021-02-18T03:46:20+00:00"
url: "https://staging.checkmarx.com/glossary/cncf/"
description: "Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Glossary: Secure Your Cloud-Native Applications. Learn Best Practices and Tools. [CNCF]"
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# CNCF

Cloud Native Computing Foundation. An open-source project hosted by the Linux Foundation, the CNCF hosts Kubernetes and other key open-source projects, including Prometheus, OpenTracing, Fluentd, and linkerd.