Glossary
Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the terms you'll meet in our guides.
- Activate provider
- An accelerator, incubator or VC that can unlock larger Activate credit packages for its companies.
- AWS Activate
- Amazon's program that gives startups credits, support and training.
- Credit expiry
- The date after which unused credits are removed, usually 1 to 2 years after approval.
- EC2
- AWS's virtual servers, billed by the hour or second.
- Egress
- Data transferred out of AWS to the internet, which is charged per gigabyte.
- MAP
- The Migration Acceleration Program, which funds moves to AWS from other platforms.
- On-demand pricing
- Paying the list price per hour with no commitment.
- Region
- A geographic area with its own AWS data centers and prices.
- Reserved Instances
- A 1 or 3 year commitment in exchange for a lower hourly price.
- Runway
- How many months a company can operate before it runs out of money.
- Savings Plans
- A commitment to spend a fixed amount per hour across services, for a discount.
- Spot Instances
- Spare capacity sold at a deep discount that AWS can reclaim at short notice.