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

3 terms shown.

Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Compute Isolation Boundary	concept	Data Platform Tenancy	The line across which one domain's analytical workload cannot affect another's performance, cost attribution or access.
Data Platform Tenancy	concept	Data Platform Tenancy	How a shared data platform separates domains and customers across storage, compute, catalogue and access control.
Tenant-Scoped Layout Key Tenant Clustering Key, Tenant-Aligned Physical Layout	pattern	Data Platform Tenancy	Making the tenant identifier the column that governs a table's physical organisation, so isolation, per-tenant cost attribution and per-tenant deletion come from layout rather than from access control alone.