AWS Glossary Definition

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud-computing platform provided by Amazon. It provides a mix of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and packaged software as a service (SaaS) offerings. See also: AWS.

In web, data, cloud, and DevOps environments, this term helps teams describe application infrastructure, data flow, deployment practices, integration points, or operational tooling. It is relevant to how systems are built, hosted, versioned, monitored, and maintained.