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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
Authentication
Verifying user identity before granting access
RabbitMQ
Open-source message broker for reliable async messaging
Apache Kafka
Distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput data
Rate Limiting
Controlling request frequency within a time period
Idempotency
Property where multiple operations produce same result as once
JWT
Compact secure token for transmitting information