region
GIS
A coverage feature class used to represent a spatial feature as one or more polygons. Many regions can be defined in a single coverage. Regions have attributes (PAT) that describe the geographic feature they represent.
- — GIS Glossary retrieved 2014-05-27
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Amazon Web Services
A named set of AWS resources in the same geographical area. A region comprises at least two Availability Zones.
- — AWS ElastiCache User Guide Glossary retrieved 2014-05-26