What is S3?
Amazon's popular cloud storage service for storing any amount of data
Why It Matters
S3 is the industry standard for file storage, offering reliability and easy integration
Real-World Example
Storing and serving millions of product images from S3 buckets
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Related Terms
AWS
Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud computing platform offering hundreds of services
Storage
Services that store files like images, documents, and videos in the cloud
Blob
Binary Large Object - a way to store files like images, videos, or documents as raw data
Server
A computer that runs continuously to handle requests, store data, and serve your application to users
Serverless
A way to run code without managing your own servers, where the cloud provider handles everything
Edge Functions
Code that runs on servers close to your users around the world, rather than in one central location