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Terminology

Glossary of cross-cutting AWS concepts, grouped by theme.

GroupCovers
Cloud Value & BenefitsAgility, Elasticity, High Availability, Economies of Scale
Cloud EconomicsFixed vs variable costs, licensing, cost attribution
Global InfrastructureRegions, Availability Zones, edge locations
Security & NetworkingShared responsibility, security groups, network ACLs, load balancers
Operations & AutomationIaC, tags, resource groups, lifecycle policies, managed services
AWS Resources & SupportDocs, community, partners