I started learning AWS and came across a lot of acronyms, which I was not aware of, so I thought to put together the list here. As and when I learn the new one, I will add it here.
Most of the following abbreviation/acronym is used in AWS and cloud computing term. Have you started learning Cloud Computing yet?
A
AWS |
Amazon Web Services |
Amazon ES |
Amazon Elasticsearch Service |
AMI |
Amazon Machine Image |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
ACL |
Access Control List |
ARN |
Amazon Resource Name |
AZ |
Availability Zone |
ASG |
Auto Scaling Group |
AES |
Advanced Encryption System |
ADFS |
Active Directory Federation Service |
C
CDN |
Content Delivery Network |
CLI |
Command Line Interface |
CIDR |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
CORS |
Cross Origin Resource Sharing |
CI/CD |
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment |
D
DMS |
Database Migration Service |
DNS |
Domain Name System |
DDoS |
Distributed Denial of Service |
DoS |
Denial of Service |
DaaS |
Desktop as-a-Service |
E
EC2 |
Elastic Compute Cloud |
ECS |
EC2 Container Service |
EFS |
Elastic File System |
EBS |
Elastic Block Store |
EMR |
Elastic MapReduce |
ELB |
Elastic Load Balancer |
EIP |
Elastic IP |
ENI |
Elastic Network Interface |
F
FIFO |
First In First Out |
FaaS |
Function as-a-Service |
H
HPC |
High-Performance Compute |
HVM |
Hardware Virtual Machine |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS |
HTTP Secure |
I
IAM |
Identity & Access Management |
iOT |
Internet Of Things |
S3 IA |
S3 Infrequent Access |
iSCSI |
Internet Small Computer Storage Interface |
IOPS |
Input/Output Operation Per Second |
IGW |
Internet Gateway |
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
IaaS |
Infrastructure-as-a-Service |
J
JSON |
JavaScript Object Notation |
K
KMS |
Key Management Service |
L
M
MFA |
Multi-Factor Authentication |
MSTSC |
Microsoft Terminal Service Client |
MPP |
Massive Parallel Processing |
MITM |
Man in the Middle Attack |
MPLS |
Multi Protocol Label Switching |
N
NFS |
Network File System |
NS |
Name Server |
NAT |
Network Address Translation |
O
OLTP |
Online Transaction Processing |
OLAP |
Online Analytics Processing |
P
PCI DSS |
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard |
PV |
ParaVirtual |
PaaS |
Platform as |
R
RDS |
Relational Database Service |
RRS |
Reduced Redundancy Storage |
RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disk |
RAM |
Random-access Memory |
S
S3 |
Simple Storage Service |
SMS |
Server Migration Service |
SWF |
Simple Workflow Service |
SNS |
Simple Notification Service |
SQS |
Simple Queue Service |
SES |
Simple Email Service |
SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
SSE |
Server Side Encryption |
SOA |
Start of Authority |
SDK |
Software Development Kit |
SSH |
Secure Shell |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
Cell content |
Cell content |
SSO |
Single Sign-On |
SAML |
Security Assertion Markup Language |
SaaS |
Software-as-a-Service |
SaaS |
Security-as-a-Service |
STS |
Security Token Service |
T
TTL |
Time To Live |
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
TPM |
Trusted Platform Module |
TPM |
Technical Program Manager |
TPS |
Transaction Per Second |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
V
VPC |
Virtual Private Cloud |
VM |
Virtual Machine |
VTL |
Virtual Tape Library |
VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
VLAN |
Virtual Local Area Network |
VDI |
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
VPG |
Virtual Private Gateway |
W
WAF |
Web Application Firewall |
Let me know if I miss anything.