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title: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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    statement: >-
      AWS describes itself as a cloud computing platform offering on-demand IT resources and
      services over the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.
    source_title: What is AWS?
    source_url: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/
    confidence: medium
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      AWS organizes global infrastructure into Regions and Availability Zones so customers can place
      workloads in separate geographic and data-center locations.
    source_title: "AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions and Availability Zones"
    source_url: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/
    confidence: medium
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    statement: >-
      The AWS Well-Architected Framework organizes cloud architecture guidance around pillars
      including operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost
      optimization, and sustainability.
    source_title: AWS Well-Architected Framework
    source_url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/welcome.html
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  - >-
    This field is under active research and rapid development; some conclusions may evolve with new
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    Certain sub-topics are covered at a general level; specialized edge cases and nuanced
    applications may not be fully addressed
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  - id: ps-amazon-web-services-aws-1
    title: What is AWS?
    type: documentation
    year: 2026
    institution: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/
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    title: "AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions and Availability Zones"
    type: documentation
    year: 2026
    institution: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/
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    title: AWS Well-Architected Framework
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    institution: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/welcome.html
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## TL;DR
Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing platform for running infrastructure and managed services over the internet. The safest public claims here are about AWS's own service definition, global infrastructure model, and Well-Architected guidance.

## Core Explanation
AWS customers provision compute, storage, databases, networking, and managed services across AWS Regions and Availability Zones. Architecture guidance is commonly framed through the AWS Well-Architected pillars, which help teams reason about reliability, security, cost, performance, operations, and sustainability.

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