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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4 terms shown.

Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Collective Communication Cost Allreduce Overhead, Synchronisation Cost at Scale	concept	Throughput	The synchronisation term that determines how far a distributed training or inference job can scale, made of a bandwidth component that is nearly flat in participant count and a latency component that is not.
Goodput Useful Throughput	metric	Throughput	The rate of completed work that someone is still waiting for, which diverges from throughput under overload and is the only rate that tracks what users receive.
Saturation Point	concept	Throughput	The load level beyond which additional demand produces queueing and latency growth rather than additional completed work.
Throughput	metric	Throughput	Work completed per unit time — bounded by the system's narrowest resource, and traded against latency.