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Amazon Web Services (AWS) overview

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) overview

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- [Narrator] In this lesson, we'll learn the basics of Amazon Web Services. We'll discuss what it is, when did it start, and why it is so popular in a tech industry today. First off, what is AWS? AWS is an acronym that stands for Amazon Web Services, and its name can give you an idea of what it is. Amazon Web Services is owned by Amazon Incorporated, the world's largest online retailer. This is why it is called Amazon Web Services in the first place. Take note that amazon.com e-commerce website is different from AWS. The term "web services" refers to a software or a resource that you can access over the internet. A web service allows you to access a physical server that is running on a remote location and lets you do something with it. These physical servers are essentially considered as computing resources that enables you to do many other functions from storing files, fetching data, running a website, managing a…

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