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terra-cotta, (Italian: “baked earth”) literally, any kind of fired clay but, in general usage, a kind of object—e.g., vessel, figure, or structural form—made from fairly coarse, porous clay that when fired assumes a colour ranging from dull ochre to red and usually is left unglazed.
Terracotta is a brownish-red clay that has been baked and is used for making things such as flower pots, small statues, and tiles.
Clay is an earthy material that contains fine particles of hydrous aluminium silicates and other minerals. Terracotta refers to a type of easily accessible earthenware clay that has rich red and orange hues, as well as, pottery or other items made using this clay.
Terracotta originates literally from the Italian translation: 'baked' or 'cooked earth'. In other words, this word was borrowed from Italian vocabulary: terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”). Terracotta clays are often rich in iron and are made from a type of porous clay.
Find a great article about Terracotta and how it works at InfoQ written directly by Orion Letizi, co-founder and software engineer at Terracotta:
http://www.infoq.com/articles/open-terracotta-intro
It helped me to prepare for a webcast about terracotta and how it can be used for clustering and scaling grails applications and gave me a good overview about Terracotta.
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