Glossary term
What is Elasticity?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Elasticity" means: The ability to use more resources when you are busy and fewer when you are quiet, and to pay for only what you use. It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup. Related terms include Hybrid, Root user, On-premises and Multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Elasticity?
The ability to use more resources when you are busy and fewer when you are quiet, and to pay for only what you use.
Where is Elasticity taught?
Elasticity is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup
Which terms are related to Elasticity?
Next to Elasticity in the course glossaries: Hybrid, Root user, On-premises, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, IAM, Latency and IAM user.
HybridRoot userOn-premisesMulti-factor authentication (MFA)IaaS, PaaS, SaaSIAMLatencyIAM user
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Elasticity?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup: No cloud, coding or IT experience is needed.