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Load Balancing
Quick Definition
Distributing traffic across multiple backend servers
Full Definition
Distributing incoming network traffic across multiple backend servers.
Examples
round-robin, least connections, Nginx, HAProxy, AWS ALB
Related Terms
high-availability
scalability
nginx
More Backend Terms
Dead Letter Queue
Queue for messages that fail processing after retries
WebSocket
Protocol for full-duplex real-time communication over TCP
Authorization
Determining what resources a user can access
Authentication
Verifying user identity before granting access
Serverless
Cloud model running code on-demand without server management
Rate Limiting
Controlling request frequency within a time period