# Compute concepts

Source: https://docs.quake.ai/docs/compute/concepts
Markdown: https://docs.quake.ai/docs/compute/concepts.md

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# Compute concepts

Background and rationale for the Compute service primitives. Read these to understand what each piece is, how the platform composes them into a running instance, and how to think about availability, placement, and specialized workloads. For step-by-step procedures, see the [how-to guides](/docs/compute/how-to).

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