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
Data Proximity Compute-Data Locality, Edge Distance Problem, Origin Pull	concept	Edge Rendering	The observation that moving compute toward the user moves it away from the data, so edge execution helps only for computations that do not need a central round trip - and hurts for the ones people most want to…
Edge Personalisation	pattern	Edge Rendering	Varying a cached response at the edge on a small number of attributes, so the page stays cacheable while still differing per visitor segment.
Edge Rendering Edge-Side Rendering, POP Rendering	pattern	Edge Rendering	Producing a page's HTML in a lightweight runtime at a CDN point of presence rather than in a regional data centre - which removes network distance from the response and adds distance to the data.