Amazon Web Services terms starting with P

23 terms

  1. pagination Some APIs that return a potentially large list of records can return a subset by using a value to set the maximum number of returned records.
  2. paid AMI An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that you sell to other Amazon EC2 users.
  3. part In a multipart upload request, each part is a contiguous portion of the object's data.
  4. Period Usually designated by T. This is the time interval of one complete oscillation of any wave. See Wavelength.
  5. permission Authorization for a user to perform an action, such as sending e-mail for another user or posting items in a public folder.
  6. persistent storage A long-term data storage solution. Options within AWS are: Amazon S3, Amazon EBS.
  7. physical name A unique label AWS CloudFormation assigns to each resource when creating a stack.
  8. Pig An air manifold having a number of pipes which distribute compressed air coming through a single large line.
  9. Policy The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.
  10. Port address translation (PAT) Port address translation.
  11. Premium Support A one-on-one, fast-response support channel that AWS customers can subscribe to for support for AWS infrastructure services.
  12. Principal Face value of an obligation, such as a bond or a loan, that must be repaid at maturity.
  13. private IP address All EC2 instances are assigned two IP addresses at launch, which are directly mapped to each other through Network Address Translation (NAT): a private…
  14. private subnet A VPC subnet whose instances cannot be reached from the Internet.
  15. properties See resource property.
  16. property rule A JSON-compliant markup standard for declaring properties, mappings, and output values in an AWS CloudFormation template.
  17. provisioned IOPS A storage option designed to deliver fast, predictable, and consistent I/O performance.
  18. pseudo parameter A predefined setting, such as AWS:StackName that can be used in AWS CloudFormation templates without having to declare them.
  19. public access The access privilege in an access control list (ACL) that includes Depositor access and No Access and that allows reading, writing, and copying public…
  20. public AMI An Amazon Machine Image that all AWS accounts have permission to launch.
  21. public data set A large set of public data that can be seamlessly integrated into AWS cloud-based applications.
  22. public IP address All EC2 instances are assigned two IP addresses at launch, which are directly mapped to each other through Network Address Translation (NAT): a private…
  23. public subnet A subnet whose instances can be reached from the Internet.