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

66 terms shown.

Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Technology Radar	tool	Technology Radar	A published, periodically revised classification of technologies into adopt, trial, assess and hold, giving guidance without issuing a mandate.
Technology Stack Standardisation	practice	Technology Architecture	Converging on a supported set of platforms, languages and tools to reduce operational surface, while allowing justified exceptions.
Technology Standards	practice	Technology Standards	Constraining technology variety to reduce operational cost — with a waiver path, or the standard is broken quietly rather than formally.
TOGAF	practice	Enterprise Architecture	An enterprise architecture framework whose central element is the ADM, an iterative cycle from vision through business, data, application and technology architecture to implementation governance.
TOGAF in Practice	practice	TOGAF	The most widely adopted enterprise architecture framework — useful as a checklist and vocabulary, harmful when followed as a process.
Zombie Integration Orphaned Interface, Decommissioning Debris	concept	Application Rationalisation	An interface left running after the system at one end is retired - it consumes credentials and produces stale or lost data, prevents the savings from being booked, and makes the surrounding estate harder to change.