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

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Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Compliance Obligation Mapping	practice	Regulatory Constraints	Translating regulatory text into specific, testable technical requirements attached to the systems they apply to.
Configuration Over Fork Variation as Data, Single Codebase Multi-Market, Parameterised Localisation	concept	Regulatory Constraints	Expressing per-market or per-tenant differences as configuration data and adapters behind stable interfaces rather than as separate codebases, so that improvements ship everywhere and a new market is mostly a …
Effective-Dated Rules Temporal Rule Versioning, As-At Governance	pattern	Regulatory Constraints	Storing business and regulatory rules as versioned configuration with effective dates, so a record remains governed by the rules that applied when it was created - without which every rule change requires a da…
Regulatory Constraint as Architectural Driver	concept	Regulatory Constraints	A compliance obligation that removes design options entirely, and therefore belongs among the first constraints identified rather than checked at the end.