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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
RabbitMQ
Open-source message broker for reliable async messaging
OAuth
Open standard for token-based authentication and authorization
Circuit Breaker
Pattern preventing cascading failures by halting failing requests
Apache Kafka
Distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput data
Authorization
Determining what resources a user can access
Rate Limiting
Controlling request frequency within a time period