Terminology

2240 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 areas2240 Architecture Fundamentals77 Distributed Systems107 Data Architecture110 Cloud Architecture94 Networking88 API & Integration Architecture82 Reliability & Resilience80 Observability75 Performance & Capacity Engineering72 Security Architecture86 Cost Architecture & FinOps71 Business Architecture67 Architecture Communication67 Enterprise Architecture66 Legacy Modernization71 AI-Era Architecture74 Software Architecture & Engineering71 Architecture Patterns71 Architecture Decision-Making63 The Architect's Meta-Skills61 Delivery & Release Engineering66 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience70 Testing & Quality Architecture71 Data Platform Architecture69 Streaming & Real-Time Data69 Data Governance & Semantics74 Frontend & Experience Architecture66 Edge, Mobile & IoT68 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture65 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk69

Kind Any concept806 practice738 pattern379 metric133 case-study77 tool62 protocol45

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Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
BI Governance	practice	BI Governance	Keeping business intelligence trustworthy — through certified definitions and a semantic layer, without preventing analysts from working.
Certified Report	practice	BI Governance	A small set of reports explicitly endorsed as authoritative, with an owner and a review cadence, distinguished from everything else people have built.
Metric Certification Certified Metrics, Trusted Tier	practice	BI Governance	Marking a small set of metrics and datasets as governed and authoritative, so that exploration stays free while anything asserted about the business comes from a controlled definition.
Zero-Audience Report Unopened Report, Report Audience Count	metric	BI Governance	A published dashboard with no viewer in a defined window, which is the only decommissioning candidate that can be retired without an argument - and the cheapest available measure of BI sprawl.