Terminology

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

Kind Any concept794 practice734 pattern368 metric125 case-study77 tool62 protocol45

3 terms shown.

Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Cursor Opacity Opaque Continuation Token, Sealed Cursor	pattern	Pagination & Filtering	Making a pagination cursor an untyped token the client cannot construct or interpret, so the server keeps the freedom to change what it encodes without breaking callers.
Cursor Pagination Keyset Pagination, Seek Pagination	practice	Pagination & Filtering	Paginating by encoding a position in a stable sort order rather than by numeric offset - constant cost per page and correct under concurrent modification.
Pagination Design Cursor Pagination, Keyset Pagination	practice	Pagination & Filtering	Returning large result sets in pages, where offset-based paging is both slow at depth and incorrect under concurrent writes.