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
Fork-Triggered Build Privileged Trigger, Pwn Request	concept	Pipeline Secrets	A continuous-integration trigger that runs a workflow in the base repository's privileged context while its inputs come from an outside contributor - so the pipeline executes attacker-authored code with its ow…
Pipeline Credential Scope OIDC Federation for CI, Workload Identity for CI	practice	Pipeline Secrets	Granting a pipeline short-lived, narrowly scoped identity for exactly the environment it is deploying to, rather than a long-lived key.
Untrusted Build Step Third-Party CI Step, Curl-Pipe-Shell Step	concept	Pipeline Secrets	Any pipeline step whose code you do not control and did not review - a downloaded script, a third-party action, a plugin - which runs with the whole job's credentials and network access.
Workload Identity Federation	protocol	Pipeline Secrets	A pipeline proving what it is with a short-lived signed token from its own platform, so no long-lived cloud credential is ever stored.