Tightly Coupled Architecture Glossary Definition

Tightly Coupled Architecture is a Cloud-native architecture concept used to design applications for distributed, automated, scalable, and resilient environments.

Cloud-native teams use this concept when designing loosely coupled systems that can be automated, scaled, updated, and recovered independently.

Related concepts include Microservices, Containers, Service Mesh and Infrastructure as Code.

Additional Resource: CNCF Cloud Native Glossary.