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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
Hydration concept Hydration Cost The browser attaching interactivity to server-rendered HTML by re-running component logic, during which the page looks ready and is not.
Islands Architecture Partial Hydration, Selective Interactivity, Component Islands pattern Hydration Cost Rendering a page as static HTML with independently-hydrated interactive regions, so JavaScript is shipped and executed only for the parts that need it rather than for the whole page.
Partial Hydration Islands Architecture, Selective Hydration pattern Hydration Cost Attaching client-side interactivity only to the components that need it, rather than reconstructing the whole page's component tree in the browser.
Time to Interactive Gap metric Hydration Cost The interval between a page appearing complete and actually responding to input, during which the user's taps do nothing.