Content Delivery Network

Microservices

An architectural style structuring an application as a collection of loosely coupled, independently deployable services.

Monolithic Architecture

A software architecture where all components are tightly integrated into a single deployable unit.

Service Mesh

An infrastructure layer handling service-to-service communication in microservices, managing traffic, security, and observability.

API

Application Programming Interface — a set of protocols and tools for building and integrating software applications.

REST API

An API architectural style using HTTP methods and stateless communication for web service interaction.

GraphQL

A query language for APIs that lets clients request exactly the data they need in a single request.

gRPC

A high-performance remote procedure call framework developed by Google using Protocol Buffers for serialisation.

Event-Driven Architecture

An architecture pattern where the flow of the system is determined by events — significant changes in state.

Message Queue

A communication method where messages are stored in a queue until the receiving application can process them.

Pub/Sub

A messaging pattern where publishers send messages to topics and subscribers receive messages from topics of interest.

Edge Computing

Processing data near the source of data generation rather than in a centralised cloud data centre.

A configuration where an application runs in a private cloud and bursts into a public cloud when demand spikes.

A platform for developing, shipping, and running applications in isolated containers with consistent environments.

A cultural practice combining technology, finance, and business to manage cloud costs through data-driven decision making.

Cloud computing practices that minimise environmental impact through renewable energy usage, efficient cooling, workload consolidation, and carbon-aware scheduling of compute tasks.

A lightweight, portable software package that bundles application code with all its dependencies for consistent execution.

The set of policies, technologies, and controls deployed to protect cloud-based systems, data, and infrastructure.

Cloud computing resources shared among multiple organisations and available to the general public over the internet.

A cloud pricing model where users commit to a specific resource configuration for a term in exchange for discounted rates.