Terminology

2205 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 areas2205 Architecture Fundamentals77 Distributed Systems107 Data Architecture110 Cloud Architecture94 Networking88 API & Integration Architecture82 Reliability & Resilience75 Observability70 Performance & Capacity Engineering72 Security Architecture86 Cost Architecture & FinOps71 Business Architecture67 Architecture Communication67 Enterprise Architecture66 Legacy Modernization71 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 concept794 practice734 pattern368 metric125 case-study77 tool62 protocol45

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Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Artifact Signing	practice	Supply Chain Security	Cryptographically signing build outputs so that deployment can verify what is being run was produced by the expected pipeline from the expected source.
Build Provenance Artefact Attestation, SLSA Provenance	practice	Supply Chain Security	A signed, verifiable statement of what was built, from which source, by which builder, with which dependencies - so a consumer can check that an artefact corresponds to reviewed source.
Reachability Triage Exploitability Prioritisation, Vulnerability Relevance	practice	Supply Chain Security	Prioritising dependency vulnerabilities by whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable and exploitable in your application, rather than by severity score - which is what makes vulnerability manageme…
Supply Chain Attestation SLSA, Provenance Attestation	practice	Supply Chain Security	A signed statement about how an artifact was produced — from which source, by which builder, with which inputs — verified before deployment.