Terminology

2185 terms, tools, patterns and metrics an architect is expected to use precisely. Each one gets a short explanation of what it is, and — where it matters — what it is commonly confused with. Search filters as you type; the column headers sort.

All areas2185 Architecture Fundamentals77 Distributed Systems107 Data Architecture110 Cloud Architecture89 Networking88 API & Integration Architecture82 Reliability & Resilience75 Observability70 Performance & Capacity Engineering72 Security Architecture81 Cost Architecture & FinOps66 Business Architecture67 Architecture Communication67 Enterprise Architecture66 Legacy Modernization66 AI-Era Architecture69 Software Architecture & Engineering71 Architecture Patterns71 Architecture Decision-Making63 The Architect's Meta-Skills61 Delivery & Release Engineering66 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience70 Testing & Quality Architecture66 Data Platform Architecture64 Streaming & Real-Time Data69 Data Governance & Semantics69 Frontend & Experience Architecture66 Edge, Mobile & IoT68 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture65 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk64

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Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Global Map Serving: Precomputed Tiles at Planet Scale Map Tiles, Tile Pyramid	case-study	Content Delivery Networks	Rendering a map view on demand is impossible at global scale, so the world is precomputed into a pyramid of cacheable tiles addressed by coordinate and zoom.
Meta 2021: The Outage That Locked Out Its Own Engineers Facebook October 2021 Outage	case-study	Routing & BGP	A backbone configuration command withdrew Facebook's BGP routes globally, and the tools needed to fix it depended on the network that had just disappeared.
Netflix Open Connect	case-study	Networking	Netflix built its own CDN and placed appliances inside ISP networks, turning the most expensive part of its cost structure into hardware it controls.