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  1. Pig An air manifold having a number of pipes which distribute compressed air coming through a single large line.
  2. Policy The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.
  3. Port address translation (PAT) (PAT) Port address translation.
  4. Premium Support A one-on-one, fast-response support channel that AWS customers can subscribe to for support for AWS infrastructure services.
  5. Principal Face value of an obligation, such as a bond or a loan, that must be repaid at maturity.
  6. 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…
  7. private subnet A VPC subnet whose instances cannot be reached from the Internet.
  8. properties See resource property.
  9. property rule A JSON-compliant markup standard for declaring properties, mappings, and output values in an AWS CloudFormation template.
  10. provisioned IOPS A storage option designed to deliver fast, predictable, and consistent I/O performance.
  11. pseudo parameter A predefined setting, such as AWS:StackName that can be used in AWS CloudFormation templates without having to declare them.
  12. 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…
  13. public AMI An Amazon Machine Image that all AWS accounts have permission to launch.
  14. public data set A large set of public data that can be seamlessly integrated into AWS cloud-based applications.
  15. 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…
  16. public subnet A subnet whose instances can be reached from the Internet.
  17. Query A request for identification of a set of assets, expressed in terms of a set of criteria, which the identified item must satisfy.
  18. queue A system where if a realm is overloaded, subsequent players trying to log on will be queued up in a first come first serve basis and allowed to log on…
  19. queue URL A URL that uniquely identifies a queue.
  20. quota A way to specify limits to the amount of storage or number of users a Web site can use.
  21. range GET A range GET specifies a byte range of data to get for a download. If an object is large, you can break up a download into smaller units by sending…
  22. read replica An active copy of another DB instance. Any updates to the data on the source DB instance are replicated to the read replica DB instance using the built-in…
  23. receipt handle An identifier you get when you receive a message from the queue. This identifier is required to delete a message from the queue or when changing a…
  24. Redshift A change in the frequency or wavelength of light. This can arise from motion of the source (Doppler shift), expansion of space, or strong gravitational…
  25. reducer An executable in the MapReduce process that uses the intermediate results from the mapper and processes them into the final output.
  26. reference A document that discloses subject matter that is material to a determination of the patentability of a claimed invention. MPEP 2126, MPEP 2126.
  27. region A coverage feature class used to represent a spatial feature as one or more polygons. Many regions can be defined in a single coverage.
  28. Regions - US East, US West, GovCloud Amazon’s way of classifying multiple geographic areas hosting EC2 world-wide. Each AWS Region is a separate geographic area.
  29. Relational Database Service (RDS) (RDS) A web service that allows users to set up, operate and scale a relational database in the cloud.
  30. Representational State Transfer (REST) (REST) A type of HTTP-based request interface that generally uses only the GET or POST HTTP method and a query string with parameters. Sometimes known as Query.
  31. requester A requester is a person who sends a request to an AWS service and asks for access to a particular resource.
  32. Requester Pays An Amazon S3 feature that allows a bucket owner to specify that anyone who requests access to objects in a particular bucket must pay the data transfer…
  33. reservation A collection of EC2 instances started as part of the same launch request.
  34. Reserved Instance A purchase option which allows users to minimize cost by purchasing instances in bulk ahead of time.
  35. resource Data, metadata, a collection of data, or a collection of metadata accessed as a content item. Examples: a document, a database table, a content class.
  36. resource property A value required when including an AWS resource in an AWS CloudFormation stack. Each resource may have one or more properties associated with it.
  37. resource record Also called resource record set. Standard DNS terminology. See Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System.
  38. REST-Query Also known as Query or HTTP Query. This is a type of HTTP request that generally uses only the GET or POST HTTP method and a query string with parameters.
  39. rollback A return to a previous state that follows the failure to create an object, such as AWS CloudFormation stack.
  40. root device volume Contains the image used to boot the instance. If you launched the instance from an AMI backed by instance store, this is an instance store volume created…
  41. Route 53 A scalable Domain Name System (DNS) that help businesses and developers to effectively route their end users in Internet applications by translating…
  42. route table A set of routing rules that controls the traffic leaving any subnet that is associated with the route table.
  43. S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is the distributed storage component of the AWS platform.
  44. sampling period A defined duration of time, such as one minute, over which CloudWatch computes a statistic.
  45. Sandbox A network or series of networks that are not connected to other networks.
  46. Scalability The capacity of a system to expand without requiring major reconfiguration or re-entry of data.
  47. scaling activity A process that changes the size, configuration, or makeup of an Auto Scaling group by launching or terminating instances.
  48. Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) (SHA) SHA1 is an earlier version of the algorithm, which AWS has deprecated in favor of SHA256.
  49. security group A named set of allowed inbound network connections for an instance. (Security groups in Amazon VPC also include support for outbound connections.
  50. Sender ID A Microsoft-controlled version of SPF. An email authentication and anti-spoofing system. For more information about Sender ID, go to http://wikipedia.
  51. Sender Policy Framework (SPF) (SPF) A standard for authenticating email. See Also http://www.openspf.org.
  52. server-side signature verification Method used to validate Instant Payment Notification (IPN) and Return URL responses.
  53. service endpoint See endpoint.
  54. service health dashboard A web page showing up-to-the-minute information about AWS service availability. The dashboard is located at http://status.aws.amazon.com.
  55. shared AMI An AMI that users other than the owner have launch permissions for.
  56. shared AMISHA An Amazon Machine Image that a developer builds and makes available for others to use.
  57. shutdown action A predefined bootstrap action that launches a script that executes a series of commands in parallel before terminating the job flow.
  58. Signature See Certificate.
  59. SIGNATURE file A file you copy to the root directory of your storage device. The file contains a job ID, manifest file, and a signature.
  60. Simple Storage Service (S3) (S3) A storage web service that provide storage through web services interfaces such as REST, SOAP and BitTorrent.
  61. SimpleDB A flexible distributed database writen in Erlang that stores data and serves users’ requests.
  62. Single-AZ DB Instance A standard (non-Multi-AZ) DB instance that is deployed in one Availability Zone, without a standby replica in another Availability Zone.
  63. snapshot Amazon Elastic Block Store creates snapshots or backups of your volumes and stores them in Amazon S3.
  64. software VPN A software appliance-based VPN connection over the Internet.
  65. source/destination checking A security measure to verify that an EC2 instance is the origin of all traffic that it sends and the ultimate destination of all traffic that it receives…
  66. Spot Instance A purchase option available to AWS users. In essense, users can bid on spare Amazon EC2 instances and purchase them if their bid exceeds the current Spot…
  67. SSH Key When you launch an image through AWS, you will specify a particular SSH Key to associate with that image.
  68. Stack A group of 20 roulette chips.
  69. Standard button An HTML-coded button to offer Amazon Simple Pay as a standalone payment method for one-time purchases.
  70. statistic One of five functions of the values submitted for a given sampling period. These functions are "Maximum", "Minimum," "Sum," "Average," and "SampleCount."
  71. STEP Surveillance and Tracking Experiment Program.
  72. step type The type of work done in a step. There are a limited number of step types, such as moving data from Amazon S3 to Amazon EC2 or from Amazon EC2 to Amazon…
  73. sticky session A feature of the load balancer that binds a user's session to a specific application instance so that all requests coming from the user during the session…
  74. Storage Gateway A storage and content delivery service that connects an on-premise software applicance with cloud-based storage.
  75. streaming Amazon EMR: A utility that comes with Hadoop that enables you to develop MapReduce executables in languages other than Java.
  76. string-to-sign Before you calculate an HMAC signature, you first assemble the required components in a canonical order. The pre-encrypted string is the string-to-sign.
  77. subnet A segment of the IP address range of a VPC that EC2 instances can be attached to.
  78. Subscription button An HTML-coded button that enables an easy way to charge customers a recurring fee.
  79. supported AMI An Amazon Machine Image similar to a paid AMI, except that the owner charges for additional software or a service that customers use with their own AMIs.
  80. tag See: label.
  81. task node An EC2 instance that runs Hadoop map and reduce tasks, but does not store data.
  82. tebibyte A contraction of tera binary byte, a tebibyte is 2^40 bytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes. A terabyte is 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.
  83. template format version The version of an AWS CloudFormation template design that determines the available features.
  84. template validation The process of confirming the use of JSON code in an AWS CloudFormation template.
  85. time series data Data provided as part of a metric. The time value is assumed to be when the value occurred.
  86. time stamp A date/time string in ISO 8601 format.
  87. topic A communication channel to send messages and subscribe to notifications. It provides an access point for publishers and subscribers to communicate with…
  88. Transport Layer Security (TLS) (TLS) A cryptographic protocol that provides security for communication over the Internet. Its predecessor is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
  89. tuning Selecting the number and type of AMIs to run a Hadoop job flow most efficiently.
  90. Tunnel Covered portion of spillway between the gate or crest structure and the terminal structure, where open channel flow and/or pressure flow conditions may…
  91. unbounded The number of potential occurrences is not limited by a set number. This value is often used when defining a data type that is a list (for example…
  92. Unit An amount of a bet.
  93. usage report An AWS report giving details of your usage of a particular AWS service. You can generate and download usage reports from http://aws.amazon.
  94. User A client with an email account.
  95. Validation is the process of performing a set of experiments that establish the efficacy and reliability of a technique or procedure or modification thereof.
  96. versioning Document and picture versioning creates a backup copy of a file whenever it is saved to the library.
  97. Virtual Machine Import/Export A feature offered by AWS that users can use to import virtual machine images from their existing environment to Amazon EC2 instances and export them back…
  98. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) (VPC) A term coined by Reuven Cohen, CEO and founder of Enomaly. The term describes a concept that is similar to, and derived from, the familiar concept of a…
  99. virtual private gateway (VPG) (VPG) Virtual private gateway. The Amazon side of a VPN connection that maintains connectivity.
  100. visibility timeout The period of time that a message is invisible to the rest of your application after an application component gets it from the queue.

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