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

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Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
CQRS as a Data Architecture	pattern	CQRS	Treating the serving layer as a derived, rebuildable projection of an authoritative write store.
Materialised Read Model Projection, Read Model	practice	CQRS	A precomputed, query-shaped copy of data maintained asynchronously from the system of record - and the operational obligations that come with it.
Pattern Scope Discipline Apply the Pattern to a Use Case, Not the System	concept	CQRS	The rule that heavyweight data patterns - CQRS, event sourcing, materialised read models - belong to the specific part of a domain that needs them, never to a whole product.
Projection	pattern	CQRS	The process that consumes changes from the write side and maintains a read model, and the component where most CQRS bugs live.
Read Model Query Model, Projection Store	pattern	CQRS	A data structure shaped for a specific query rather than for the domain, maintained separately from the write model.