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Glossary term

What is Region?

In Apex Flow Academy, "Region" means: A part of the world where AWS has a group of data centers. Each Region works on its own, and you pick one before you create most things. It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.

  • 1 course teaches it
  • plain-word definition

The facts

What is Region?

A part of the world where AWS has a group of data centers. Each Region works on its own, and you pick one before you create most things.

Where is Region taught?

Region is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.

Which lessons cover Region?

These lessons name it in their title or objectives:

  • AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup, lesson 2.1: Regions, Availability Zones and edge locations
  • AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup, lesson 2.2: Choosing a Region: four questions
Which terms are related to Region?

Next to Region in the course glossaries: Data center, Availability Zone (AZ), Cloud computing, Edge location, Latency and IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.

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 Region?

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.

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