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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
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Term Kind Topic What it is
Container Image concept Containers A layered, content-addressed filesystem bundle plus metadata, from which containers are instantiated — immutable by construction and identified by digest.
Containers tool Containers Packaging an application with its dependencies into an immutable image, and the orchestration layer that schedules those images across a fleet.
Google Borg to Kubernetes: Learning From an Internal System Borg, Omega case-study Containers Kubernetes was designed with a decade of Borg experience behind it, and its authors have been explicit about which Borg decisions they deliberately did not repeat.
Image Registry tool Containers The store from which container images are pulled, and an under-appreciated availability and security dependency of every deployment and every autoscale event.
Superseded-Work Cancellation Build Cancellation, Queue Deduplication practice Containers Cancelling queued work that a later submission has made irrelevant - usually the largest single capacity saving available during a burst, and almost free to implement.