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Glossary // Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
What is S3? Amazon S3 is a cloud service provided by AWS for secure, highly-available and redundant data storage. It is used by customers of all sizes and industries for a number of use cases,…
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Glossary // AWS AMI
What is AWS AMI? An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is used to create virtual servers (EC2 instances) in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment. Different types of instances can be launched from a…
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Glossary // Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
What is EC2? Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a broad set of global cloud-based products including compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, IoT,…
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Glossary // AWS Account
What is an AWS account? An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account is an Amazon.com account with AWS enabled. Through the AWS Management Console provided with the account,…
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Glossary // AWS Cloud Watch
What is AWS Cloud Watch? Amazon CloudWatch provides real-time monitoring of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources and its running applications. Specifically designed for system architects and…
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Glossary // AWS GuardDuty
What is AWS GuardDuty? Amazon GuardDuty is a continuous monitoring service that detects and reports potential threats within an AWS instance. It provides actionable threat protection for AWS accounts…
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Glossary // Azure Virtual Network (VNet)
What is an Azure Virtual Network (VNet)? Azure Virtual Network allows many types of Azure resources, such as Azure virtual machines (VMs), to communicate securely with each other, with the Internet,…
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Glossary // Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
What is CIDR? Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), also called supernetting, is a way to flexibly allocate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses by creating unique and more granular identifiers for…
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Glossary // Direct Connect
What is Direct Connect? Direct Connect is a cloud service from AWS that allows a dedicated network connection to be established between AWS and customers’ premises without using the Internet.…
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Glossary // Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
What is ELB (Elastic Load Balancing)? Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes traffic from incoming applications through various destinations, such as Amazon EC2 instances, containers,…
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Glossary // File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
What is FTP? File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is the language that computers on a TCP/IP network (such as the Internet) use to transfer files. Files are uploaded and downloaded to an FTP server,…
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Glossary // Firewall
What is a Firewall? A firewall can be described as a hardware device that acts as a network security barrier between an internal network and the Internet.…
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Glossary // Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
What is FQDN? A FQDN is the most basic unit of the hierarchical, word-centric labeling system used to map memorable pieces of language on top the Internet’s primary resource identifier and addressing…
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Glossary // Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
What is IPsec? IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols that secure network communication across IP networks. It provides security services for IP network traffic such as encrypting…
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Glossary // IP Address
What is an IP Address? An IP address is an Internet Protocol address, which is a numeric address that is assigned to every single computer, printer, switch,…
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Glossary // Network Address Translation (NAT)
What is Network Address Translation (NAT)? Network Address Translation (NAT) is a process that enables resources in private networks to connect to the Internet but prevents entities on the Internet…
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Glossary // Network Latency
What is Network Latency? With cloud networking, latency refers to the time it takes a packet of data to be transferred or routed across a network. The delay in delivery is, optimally,…
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Glossary // Network Load Balancing (NLB)
What is Network Load Balancing (NLB)? Network Load Balancing is an availability technique that allows a resource to be served over multiple WAN-link channels,…
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Glossary // Ping
The ping command is a lightweight network connectivity program that encapsulates ICMP echo request/reply payloads into routable IP packets that will test the reachability of any host on the internet…
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Glossary // SD-WAN
What is SD-WAN? SD-WAN simplifies WAN management and operations by separating network hardware from its controller. This concept is analogous to the Software Defined Networking paradigm that…
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Glossary // Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
What is SSL? SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, which is a security protocol invented by Taher Elgamal, the chief computer scientist at Netscape Communications.…
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Glossary // Subnet
What is Subnet? A subnet, or subnetwork, is a logical subdivision of an IP network into two or more network segments. With subnets, large networks can be subdivided into smaller,…
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Glossary // Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
What is an AWS VPC? An AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a virtual network associated with one's AWS account. It represents a logical network that is isolated from other resources in the AWS public…
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Glossary // Virtual Private Network (VPN)
What is a VPN? A Virtual Private Network (VPN) creates a private, encrypted connection over the public, shared, or private network. It provides data protection and privacy by using dedicated…
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Glossary // Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Glossary // AWS AMI

Glossary // Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Glossary // AWS Account

Glossary // AWS Cloud Watch

Glossary // AWS GuardDuty

Glossary // Azure Virtual Network (VNet)

Glossary // Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

Glossary // Direct Connect

Glossary // Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Glossary // File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Glossary // Firewall

Glossary // Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

Glossary // Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)

Glossary // IP Address

Glossary // Network Address Translation (NAT)

Glossary // Network Latency

Glossary // Network Load Balancing (NLB)

Glossary // Ping

Glossary // SD-WAN

Glossary // Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

Glossary // Subnet

Glossary // Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Glossary // Virtual Private Network (VPN)

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