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

Kind Any concept785 practice729 pattern362 metric125 case-study77 tool62 protocol45

3 terms shown.

Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Read-First Extraction Reads Before Writes, Reversible Extraction Order	pattern	Strangler Fig	Extracting a service's read path before its write path, because a wrong read migration is a flag flip while a wrong write migration is a data reconciliation exercise.
Strangler Facade	pattern	Strangler Fig	The routing layer in front of a legacy system that decides, per capability, whether a request goes to the old implementation or the new one.
Strangler Fig Execution	pattern	Strangler Fig	Incrementally replacing a legacy system by routing slices of functionality to new implementations behind a facade, until nothing routes to the original.