AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) glossary
Terms selected for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) based on common objective language and practice focus.
Availability Zone (AZ)
One or more discrete data centers in a Region with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Read full term ->AWS Shared Responsibility Model
Security model where AWS secures the cloud infrastructure while customers secure workloads, data, and configurations in the cloud.
Read full term ->AWS Region
A geographic area containing multiple Availability Zones where AWS services are deployed.
Read full term ->Least Privilege (IAM)
Granting only the permissions required to perform a specific task and nothing more.
Read full term ->On-Demand Pricing
Pay-as-you-go model where you pay for compute or services only while they run.
Read full term ->Reserved Instances
Pricing option that offers discounted rates in exchange for a 1-year or 3-year usage commitment.
Read full term ->AWS Well-Architected Framework
Set of architectural best practices across pillars like security, reliability, and cost optimization.
Read full term ->AWS Support Plans
Tiered support offerings that vary by response times, technical guidance, and account support features.
Read full term ->AWS Global Infrastructure
Worldwide AWS footprint of Regions, Availability Zones, edge locations, and backbone networking used to deliver services with low latency and resilience.
Read full term ->Edge Location
Site used by AWS services such as CloudFront and Route 53 to cache content and process requests close to end users.
Read full term ->AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Service for securely managing users, roles, policies, and permissions across AWS resources.
Read full term ->IAM Role vs IAM User
IAM users represent long-term identities, while IAM roles provide temporary, assumable credentials for services or federated users.
Read full term ->Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Authentication method requiring two or more verification factors to reduce account compromise risk.
Read full term ->Amazon EC2
Elastic compute service that provides resizable virtual servers in the cloud.
Read full term ->Amazon S3
Object storage service designed for durability, scalability, and broad use cases from backups to data lakes.
Read full term ->AWS Lambda
Serverless compute service that runs code in response to events without managing servers.
Read full term ->Amazon RDS
Managed relational database service that simplifies provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling.
Read full term ->AWS CloudFormation
Infrastructure as code service for defining and provisioning AWS resources through templates.
Read full term ->Amazon CloudWatch
Monitoring and observability service for metrics, logs, and alarms across AWS resources and applications.
Read full term ->AWS Billing and Cost Management
Set of AWS tools and reports for tracking usage, charges, budgets, and account-level spend visibility.
Read full term ->AWS Cost Explorer
Visualization and analysis tool for understanding cost trends and identifying optimization opportunities.
Read full term ->Savings Plans
Flexible pricing model that provides discounted rates in exchange for a consistent usage commitment over time.
Read full term ->AWS Trusted Advisor
Recommendation service that highlights opportunities for cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits.
Read full term ->AWS Organizations
Service for centrally managing multiple AWS accounts with policy controls and consolidated billing.
Read full term ->Service Control Policy (SCP)
Organization-level policy type that sets permission guardrails for member accounts.
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