Friday, October 5, 2018

The meaning of AWS abbreviations EC2 S3 etc.

The meaning of AWS abbreviations EC2 S3 etc.

AWS = Amazon Web Services = 
the Amazon.com's cloud-computing platform

EC2 = Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) =
a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers. It forms a central part AWS, by allowing users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications.

Route 53 = Amazon Route 53 =
a scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) service. 
The name is a reference to TCP or UDP port 53, where DNS server requests are addressed.

S3 = Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) =
a "simple storage service" offered by AWS that provides object storage through a web service interface. Amazon S3 uses the same scalable storage infrastructure that Amazon.com uses to run its global e-commerce network.

SQS = Amazon Simple Queue Service = 
fully managed message queues for microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications






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