A Bucket is a fundamental storage container used in cloud object storage services to hold objects such as files, images, videos, or backups. It acts like a virtual folder where data is stored and managed. Buckets are typically organized within a cloud storage service and can be configured with access permissions, lifecycle policies, and other settings.
Example:
If you're building a website and need to store user-uploaded images, you can create a bucket named user-images in a cloud storage service. All uploaded images will be stored in this bucket, and you can set permissions to allow public access or restrict it to authenticated users.
In Tencent Cloud, the equivalent service is COS (Cloud Object Storage), which provides scalable and secure bucket storage for various use cases like static website hosting, data backup, and media storage. You can easily create and manage buckets via the COS console or API.