Terminology

2225 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 areas2225 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 Architecture74 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 Architecture69 Streaming & Real-Time Data69 Data Governance & Semantics74 Frontend & Experience Architecture66 Edge, Mobile & IoT68 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture65 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk69

Kind Any concept801 practice736 pattern377 metric127 case-study77 tool62 protocol45

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Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Base Image Currency	metric	Container Image Strategy	How far behind the fleet's running images are from their patched base, which is the number that decides how fast a critical vulnerability can be closed.
Base Layer Rebase Run Image Swap, Image Rebasing	pattern	Container Image Strategy	Replacing the operating-system layers underneath an already-built container image without re-running the application build, so a base-image fix reaches hundreds of services in minutes rather than waiting on ev…
Container Image Strategy Base Image Policy, Golden Image	practice	Container Image Strategy	The organisational decision about where images come from, what they are built on, and how a base layer fix reaches everything already deployed.
Image Pull Amplification Per-Node Image Cost, Cold Node Pull Cost	concept	Container Image Strategy	The property that a container image's size is paid on every node that has never seen that version, so its real cost scales with node churn and scale-out events rather than with release frequency.