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Aviatrix's Glossary is a reference hub defining essential cloud security terms including CIDR, NAT, Direct Connect, latency, load balancing, and more, to help teams build a shared understanding of multicloud and network security concepts.

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Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) Explained | Aviatrix
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Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) Explained | Aviatrix

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), is a way to more flexibly allocate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses by creating unique, more granular identifiers.

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What Is an IP Address? Types, Functions, and How It Works
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What Is an IP Address? Types, Functions, and How It Works

IP, in IP address, stands for Internet Protocol and the address is a numeric address that is assigned to any device connected to the Internet.

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File Transfer Protocol (FTP): What It Is and How It Works
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP): What It Is and How It Works

File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is the language that computers on a TCP/IP network (such as the Internet) use to transfer files.

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What Is A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)? | Aviatrix
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What Is A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)? | Aviatrix

An Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is the most basic unit of the hierarchical, word-centric labeling system used to map memorable names to IP addresses.

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What Is a Firewall? How It Works and Why It Matters for Security
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What Is a Firewall? How It Works and Why It Matters for Security

A firewall can generally be described as a network service that creates a network security barrier between internal network segments and/or the internet.

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What Is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)? | Aviatrix
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What Is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)? | Aviatrix

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides on-deamnd or reserved, resizable compute capacity in the AWS cloud.

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Direct Connect: Accelerate Connectivity To AWS | Aviatrix
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Direct Connect: Accelerate Connectivity To AWS | Aviatrix

Direct Connect is a service from AWS that offers a dedicated network connection between AWS and an on-premises data center without using the Internet.

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Managing Your AWS Account | Aviatrix
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Managing Your AWS Account | Aviatrix

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account is an Amazon.com account with AWS enabled and ready to create AWS cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).

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Amazon Machine Image (AMI): What It Is and How It Works
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Amazon Machine Image (AMI): What It Is and How It Works

A practical guide to Amazon Machine Images (AMIs): what they contain, how they launch EC2 instances, and how to manage AMI versions and retirement. Learn more.

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What is a virtual private gateway (VGW)? | Aviatrix
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What is a virtual private gateway (VGW)? | Aviatrix

Learn about virtual private gateways (VGW) and how to use them with your cloud network today!

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Amazon S3: What It Is, How It Works, and Key Benefits
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Amazon S3: What It Is, How It Works, and Key Benefits

S3 is short for Amazon Simple Storage Service or Amazon S3. It is a cloud service provided by AWS for secure, highly-available and redundant data storage.

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