VPC
/ˌviː-piː-siː/
n. “A logically isolated virtual network in the cloud that allows secure control over networking and resources.”
VPC, short for Virtual Private Cloud, is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that lets users create a private, isolated section of the cloud. Within a VPC, you can define IP address ranges, subnets, routing tables, and network gateways, giving fine-grained control over how resources communicate and connect to the internet or other networks.
S3
/ˌɛs-θriː/
n. “A scalable object storage service provided by Amazon Web Services for storing and retrieving data in the cloud.”
S3, short for Simple Storage Service, is a cloud storage solution offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows users to store and access unlimited amounts of data, ranging from documents and images to large datasets and backups, with high durability, availability, and security.
Elastic Compute Cloud 2
/iː-siː-tuː/
n. “A scalable virtual server service provided by Amazon Web Services for cloud computing.”
EC2, short for Elastic Compute Cloud 2, is a core service of Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to launch and manage virtual servers, known as instances, in the cloud. EC2 provides flexible computing capacity, enabling organizations to scale up or down based on demand without investing in physical hardware.