Glossary

Rate Limiter

A system component that controls the rate of incoming or outgoing traffic to prevent service overload and resource exhaustion.

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Related terms

Load Balancing

The practice of distributing workloads or requests across multiple computing resources to improve scalability, availability, and resource utilization.

API Gateway

A service that acts as a single entry point for APIs, routing requests while handling authentication, rate limiting, monitoring, and other cross-cutting concerns.

Circuit Breaker

A resilience pattern that temporarily stops requests to a failing service to prevent cascading failures and allow recovery.

Autoscaler

A system that automatically adjusts computing resources based on workload demand to maintain performance, availability, and efficient resource utilization.

Secret Manager

A secure tool or service designed to store, manage, and retrieve sensitive credentials and API keys in software applications.

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