### **Slide 2: Introduction to AWS Core Services**

- **Overview of AWS Core Services**:

- AWS offers a wide range of services that make it easier for businesses to run applications, store data, and
manage their operations in the cloud.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Consider AWS a huge toolbox for businesses, providing everything they need to run their
applications without buying or managing physical servers.
- **Importance of Core Services in Cloud Computing**:
- Core services form the backbone of any AWS deployment and cover fundamental needs like computing power,
storage, networking, and databases.
- **Layman’s Terms**: These are the essential tools businesses use to run their websites, apps, and data safely in
the cloud.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Companies like Netflix, Airbnb, and Zoom use AWS Core services to handle millions of
users without worrying about crashing.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Big companies like Netflix and Airbnb use AWS to make sure their apps work for millions of
people at once.

---

### **Slide 3: Compute - EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)**

- **Scalable virtual servers in the cloud**:
- EC2 provides resizable computing capacity in the cloud.
- **Layman’s Terms**: EC2 is like renting a computer over the internet that you can use to run your apps and
websites.
- **Flexible in terms of pricing and capacity**:
- EC2 lets you choose how much computing power you need and only pay for what you use.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You only pay for how much you use, kind of like how you pay for electricity.
- **Different instance types for varied workloads**:
- You can pick different types of EC2 instances (small, large, optimized for memory, etc.) based on your needs.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Imagine you can choose between a small laptop or a powerful gaming computer, depending
on what you need to do.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Reddit uses EC2 to handle high traffic.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Reddit uses EC2 so its website doesn’t crash when millions of people visit at the same time.

---

### **Slide 4: Compute - Lambda**

- **Serverless compute service**:
- Lambda lets you run code without worrying about managing servers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Lambda runs your code whenever it’s needed, and you don’t have to keep a computer on to
do it.
- **Automatically runs code without provisioning or managing servers**:
- Lambda automatically triggers the code when certain events happen, like a user uploading a file.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Imagine it’s like a robot that springs into action whenever you tell it to, but you don’t have to
feed or maintain the robot.
- **Pay only for the compute time consumed**:
- You only pay for the time your code is running.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You only pay for what you use, like paying for minutes on a phone plan.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Lambda processes real-time file uploads for Slack.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Slack uses Lambda to automatically handle files you upload, so they appear instantly without
delay.

---

### **Slide 5: Compute - Fargate**

- **Serverless compute engine for containers**:
- Fargate runs your containerized applications without requiring you to manage servers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Fargate is like putting your app in a container that runs on its own without needing a
computer.
- **Allows you to run containers without managing the underlying infrastructure**:
- Fargate takes care of the servers and networks, so you can just focus on your app.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You don’t need to worry about setting up computers or networks; Fargate handles all of that
for you.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Fintech companies use Fargate to scale their services for high traffic.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Fargate helps financial apps run smoothly even when millions of people use them at once.

---

### **Slide 6: Storage - S3 (Simple Storage Service)**

- **Object storage service offering scalability, data availability, security, and performance**:
- S3 stores files like images, videos, and documents, ensuring they're always available and safe.
- **Layman’s Terms**: S3 is like a massive online file cabinet where you can store and retrieve your data anytime
you need.
- **Used for storing data, backups, and media files**:
- You can store anything from business documents to backups of entire websites on S3.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like using Google Drive or Dropbox to store your files, but way bigger and more secure.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Dropbox stores and syncs user files on S3.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Dropbox uses S3 to make sure your files are always safe and available whenever you need
them.

---
### **Slide 7: Storage - EBS (Elastic Block Store)**
- **Block storage for use with EC2**:
- EBS provides fast and flexible storage that you can attach to your EC2 instances.
- **Layman’s Terms**: EBS is like a USB drive that plugs into your rented computer in the cloud.
- **Provides persistent storage for applications**:
- Data stored on EBS stays available even if you restart your EC2 instance.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like saving your work on a hard drive so you don’t lose anything when you turn off the
computer.
- **Real-time Use Case**: EBS is used to store databases for enterprise applications.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Big companies use EBS to store important data like customer information in their apps.

---

### **Slide 8: Storage - Glacier**

- **Low-cost cloud storage for data archiving and long-term backups**:
- Glacier is designed for data you don’t need often but must keep for a long time.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Glacier is like putting old files in a deep freezer—cheap to store, but takes a little time to
access.
- **Provides retrieval options (expedited, standard, bulk)**:
- You can get data back quickly if needed, but the faster the retrieval, the higher the cost.
- **Layman’s Terms**: If you want your frozen files quickly, it costs a bit more, like express shipping.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Healthcare organizations use Glacier for long-term record keeping.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Hospitals store old medical records in Glacier so they can access them when needed, but
save on costs.

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### **Slide 9: Database - RDS (Relational Database Service)**

- **Managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.**:
- RDS takes care of running and managing popular databases like MySQL.
- **Layman’s Terms**: RDS is like hiring someone to manage your database for you, so you don’t have to do the
technical stuff.
- **Simplifies setup, scaling, and maintenance**:
- You can easily create, resize, and back up databases without much effort.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You can start, grow, or back up your database as easily as adjusting settings in an app.
- **Real-time Use Case**: RDS is used by e-commerce sites for order management.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Online shops use RDS to store information about orders, customers, and payments.

---
### **Slide 10: Database - DynamoDB**
- **Managed NoSQL database for applications requiring low-latency data access**:
- DynamoDB is fast and perfect for applications that need to read and write data in milliseconds.
- **Layman’s Terms**: DynamoDB is like a lightning-fast filing system for apps that need to get data quickly.
- **Supports both key-value and document data models**:
- DynamoDB can store data in different ways depending on the app’s needs.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Whether your data is simple like a shopping list or complex like a customer profile,
DynamoDB can store it.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Retail companies use DynamoDB for product catalogues.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Retailers use DynamoDB to quickly show you product details when you’re shopping online.

---

### **Slide 11: Database - Redshift**

- **Fast, scalable data warehouse**:
- Redshift allows businesses to analyze massive amounts of data quickly.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Redshift is like a super-fast library where businesses can pull reports and insights from their
data.
- **Optimized for analytical queries**:
- Redshift is built to handle complex data questions, like finding trends or patterns.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Imagine asking a huge database what products are most popular in the last month, and it
answers instantly.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Yelp uses Redshift to process and analyze huge amounts of review data.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Yelp uses Redshift to see what types of restaurants are trending based on reviews.

### **Slide 12: Networking - VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)**

- **Isolated network within AWS**:
- VPC allows you to create your private network in the AWS cloud.
- **Layman’s Terms**: A VPC is like building a private neighbourhood where only you can decide who gets in.
- **Provides control over the networking environment, including IP ranges and subnets**:
- You can customize your network settings to manage how your resources (like servers) communicate.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You get to create streets and houses in your neighbourhood and control which cars (data) go
where.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Setting up a VPC to host a multi-tier web application.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You can use a VPC to run different parts of an app (like a website and its database) securely
in separate parts of your private network.

---
### **Slide 13: Networking - Route 53**
- **Scalable DNS (Domain Name System) web service**:
- Route 53 translates domain names (like example.com) into IP addresses that computers use to connect.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Route 53 is like a phonebook that connects your website name with the address where it
lives.
- **Can route end users to applications based on location**:
- Route 53 can send users to the nearest server to improve loading times.
- **Layman’s Terms**: If someone in Europe visits your website, Route 53 sends them to a server in Europe for
faster access.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Spotify uses Route 53 to direct users to servers closest to them.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Spotify uses Route 53 to make sure people around the world get their music fast without
delays.

---

### **Slide 14: Networking - Load Balancing**

- **Distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets**:
- Load balancers spread traffic across several servers to keep things running smoothly.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like having multiple cash registers at a store to prevent long lines.
- **Ensures high availability and fault tolerance**:
- Load balancing makes sure that even if one server goes down, others take over.
- **Layman’s Terms**: If one register stops working, others will continue to serve customers without interruption.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Amazon uses load balancing to make sure the site doesn’t crash during sales.
- **Layman’s Terms**: When there’s a big sale on Amazon, load balancing ensures millions of people can shop
without the site slowing down or crashing.

---

### **Slide 15: Serverless - API Gateway**

- **Enables developers to create, publish, and manage RESTful APIs**:
- API Gateway helps create APIs that act as a front door for apps to access data or services.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like building a service counter where apps can request information or services.
- **Integrates with Lambda, allowing the creation of serverless APIs**:
- API Gateway works perfectly with AWS Lambda, letting you create APIs without needing to manage servers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You can create a virtual front desk that works without needing a building to host it.
- **Real-time Use Case**: API Gateway is used for building APIs for mobile apps.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Mobile apps use API Gateway to connect to the backend, retrieving and sending data like
messages, photos, or videos.

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### **Slide 16: Serverless - AppSync**
- **Managed service for building GraphQL APIs**:
- AppSync simplifies building APIs that allow clients to ask for exactly the data they need.
- **Layman’s Terms**: AppSync is like a waiter who brings you only the food you ask for, instead of serving a fixed
menu.
- **Simplifies real-time data synchronization**:
- It helps keep data updated in real-time across devices, like syncing messages in a chat app.
- **Layman’s Terms**: AppSync keeps everyone in the same room on the same page by making sure messages
and data are updated for all users in real time.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Building a chat application that syncs messages in real time.
- **Layman’s Terms**: AppSync helps make sure your messages appear instantly on all your devices, like in chat
apps or social media.

---

### **Slide 17: Serverless - Step Functions**

- **Coordinates microservices into a unified workflow**:
- Step Functions help you build workflows by connecting small, independent services (microservices) into a larger
process.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like a manager organizing different employees to work together on a big project.
- **Supports visual workflow design and automated retry logic**:
- It allows you to design workflows visually, making it easy to see how the system operates and handle errors
automatically.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You can see how each step works on a flowchart, and if something goes wrong, Step
Functions will try again without human intervention.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Automating complex business workflows, such as insurance claim processing.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Insurance companies use Step Functions to handle multi-step processes, like reviewing
claims and making decisions automatically.

---

### **Slide 18: Machine Learning - SageMaker**

- **Fully managed service for building, training, and deploying ML models**:
- SageMaker simplifies machine learning by providing tools to create, train, and deploy models.
- **Layman’s Terms**: SageMaker helps you teach a computer to find patterns in data, without needing to set up
your machines.
- **Supports all major ML frameworks**:
- It works with popular machine learning tools like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
 - **Layman’s Terms**: No matter which tools you prefer, SageMaker has them ready to use for machine learning
projects.
- **Real-time Use Case**: GE uses SageMaker to predict equipment failures.
- **Layman’s Terms**: GE trains computers to predict when machines will break down, so they can fix them before
they happen, using SageMaker.

---

### **Slide 19: Machine Learning - Rekognition**

- **Image and video analysis service**:
- Rekognition can identify objects, people, text, and more in images and videos.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like giving a computer the ability to “see” and recognize things in pictures or videos.
- **Can detect objects, people, text, and scenes**:
- It’s used for tasks like facial recognition, finding text in images, and identifying objects.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Rekognition can look at a photo and tell you if it sees a person, a car, or even read a street
sign.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Retail stores use Rekognition for customer behaviour analysis.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Stores use Rekognition to see how customers move around the shop and what products
they’re looking at.

---

### **Slide 20: Machine Learning - Comprehend**

- **NLP (Natural Language Processing) service that identifies key phrases, language, and sentiment in text**:
- Comprehend helps computers understand and analyze text to find important information and emotions.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Comprehend reads text and tells you the main idea and whether the text is positive,
negative, or neutral.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Customer service centres use Comprehend to analyze customer feedback.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Companies use Comprehend to read customer reviews and figure out if people are happy or
upset with their product.

---

### **Slide 21: Analytics - Athena**

- **Serverless query service to analyze data in S3 using SQL**:
- Athena allows you to run queries on data stored in S3 without needing to set up servers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Athena is like a calculator that finds answers from a huge pile of data, without you needing to
set up a computer.
- **No need to set up or manage infrastructure**:
- You don’t have to worry about servers or databases, just run your SQL queries.
 - **Layman’s Terms**: You just ask Athena your question and it finds the answer without you needing to build
anything.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Analyzing application logs stored in S3 for real-time gaming platforms.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Game developers use Athena to figure out what’s going wrong in their games by analyzing
error logs instantly.

---

### **Slide 22: Analytics - Kinesis**

- **Collects, processes, and analyzes real-time streaming data**:
- Kinesis handles real-time data streams, like social media feeds, financial transactions, or sensor data.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Kinesis works like a conveyor belt that moves and processes data as soon as it comes in.
- **Handles data ingestion for applications**:
- It can take in huge amounts of data in real time and send it where it needs to go.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Imagine Kinesis like a high-speed pipeline that delivers data to where it’s needed right away.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Financial institutions use Kinesis for real-time stock price analysis.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Stock traders use Kinesis to track and analyse price changes as they happen.

---

### **Slide 23: Analytics - EMR (Elastic MapReduce)**

- **Managed big data platform for processing large amounts of data**:
- EMR helps run big data
processing jobs using open-source tools like Hadoop and Spark.
- **Layman’s Terms**: EMR is like hiring a super-fast team to sift through mountains of data and find patterns or
insights.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Biotech companies use EMR to process genomic data for research.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Scientists use EMR to quickly analyze DNA data, helping them make discoveries in medical
research.

### **Slide 24: IoT - IoT Core**

- **Managed service for connecting IoT devices to the cloud**:
- IoT Core helps connect devices like sensors and smart home gadgets to the internet.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like a central hub that allows all your smart devices (like thermostats, light bulbs, etc.) to
talk to each other and the cloud.
- **Supports secure device communication**:
- Ensures that data sent from IoT devices is secure and protected.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like using a secure line to make sure the messages from your devices are private and
safe from hackers.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Smart home device manufacturers use IoT Core for device management.
 - **Layman’s Terms**: Companies that make smart devices like Amazon’s Echo use IoT Core to manage millions of
devices securely over the internet.

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### **Slide 25: IoT - Greengrass**

- **Brings AWS capabilities to IoT devices**:
- Greengrass lets devices run AWS functions like processing data or running machine learning models locally, even
without the internet.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Greengrass lets smart devices like cars or home appliances process data right where they
are, without always needing to send information back to the cloud.
- **Allows running local computing, messaging, and ML inference on connected devices**:
- Greengrass can run programs on local devices, allowing faster responses.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like giving your smart devices the ability to think for themselves, so they can respond
faster without waiting for instructions from the cloud.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Autonomous vehicles use Greengrass to process sensor data in real-time.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Self-driving cars use Greengrass to make quick decisions (like stopping for an obstacle)
without needing the internet.

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### **Slide 26: Security - IAM (Identity and Access Management)**

- **Secure control over AWS resources and services**:
- IAM allows you to control who can access your AWS services and what they can do.
- **Layman’s Terms**: IAM is like having keys and locks for every door in your AWS system. You decide who gets a
key and what doors they can open.
- **Define roles, users, and permissions**:
- You can create specific roles for different people (e.g., admin, developer) and control what they can access.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like giving different employees different access to your company’s buildings and rooms.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Multi-national companies use IAM to enforce access controls for global teams.
- **Layman’s Terms**: A company like Coca-Cola uses IAM to make sure only authorized people can access
sensitive data like recipes.

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### **Slide 27: Security - WAF (Web Application Firewall)**

- **Protects web applications from common attacks**:
- WAF acts as a shield for websites, blocking harmful traffic like hackers or bots.
- **Layman’s Terms**: WAF is like a security guard that checks the ID of everyone trying to enter your website and
blocks any bad actors.
- **Protects against SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and more**:
- WAF can prevent common attack methods that hackers use to steal data or take control of a website.
- **Layman’s Terms**: WAF helps prevent attacks that try to mess with your website’s data or hijack it.
- **Real-time Use Case**: E-commerce sites use WAF to protect customer data from cyberattacks.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Online stores like Amazon use WAF to keep hackers from stealing customer information
during a sale.

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### **Slide 28: Security - GuardDuty**

- **Continuous security monitoring and threat detection**:
- GuardDuty keeps an eye on your AWS account and alerts you if something suspicious happens.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like having a security camera that watches your account and sounds an alarm if it sees
something wrong.
- **Uses machine learning to identify suspicious behaviour**:
- It uses AI to detect patterns that could indicate a security breach or anomaly.
- **Layman’s Terms**: GuardDuty is smart enough to recognize when something unusual happens, like someone
trying to hack into your account.
- **Real-time Use Case**: GuardDuty detects unusual login activity in financial services.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Banks use GuardDuty to catch suspicious logins, like if someone tries to access your
account from an unknown location.

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### **Slide 29: Developer Tools - CodePipeline**

- **Automates the build, test, and deployment process**:
- CodePipeline helps developers automatically push their code changes from testing to production.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like setting up an assembly line where your code moves from development to deployment
without manual effort.
- **Supports integration with GitHub, Jenkins, and other tools**:
- You can integrate CodePipeline with popular development tools to make the process smoother.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You can plug in your favourite tools (like GitHub) to make sure your code flows seamlessly
through the pipeline.
- **Real-time Use Case**: FinTech apps use CodePipeline for faster code updates and bug fixes.
- **Layman’s Terms**: FinTech companies use CodePipeline to push updates quickly, so their apps stay up-to-date
with minimal downtime.

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### **Slide 30: Developer Tools - CodeBuild**

- **Fully managed build service**:
- CodeBuild compiles and tests code automatically, making sure it’s ready for deployment.
- **Layman’s Terms**: CodeBuild is like a mechanic who checks your car (code) before you drive it, to make sure
everything’s working properly.
- **Scalable and integrates with other developer tools**:
- It can scale to handle large projects and works with other tools in the development pipeline.
- **Layman’s Terms**: No matter how big or small your project is, CodeBuild adjusts to fit your needs and works
with tools you already use.
- **Real-time Use Case**: CodeBuild automatically tests and builds code for mobile apps.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Mobile app developers use CodeBuild to automatically check their code for bugs before
pushing updates to app stores.

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### **Slide 31: Developer Tools - CodeDeploy**

- **Automates code deployment to any instance**:
- CodeDeploy handles moving new versions of your code to production servers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: CodeDeploy is like a delivery service that takes your code and installs it on your servers
without any manual steps.
- **Supports blue/green deployments and automatic rollback**:
- CodeDeploy can update some servers while keeping others running, and if something goes wrong, it automatically
reverts to the previous version.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like upgrading your software without shutting it down, and if there’s an issue, it rolls back
to the older version without a hitch.
- **Real-time Use Case**: E-commerce platforms use CodeDeploy to update apps without affecting user experience.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Online stores use CodeDeploy to update their website without any downtime, so customers
can keep shopping without noticing any changes.

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### **Slide 32: Management Tools - CloudFormation**

- **Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service for defining and provisioning AWS resources**:
- CloudFormation lets you define your AWS infrastructure (like servers and networks) in code and deploy it
automatically.
- **Layman’s Terms**: CloudFormation is like creating a blueprint for your house, and AWS builds it for you exactly
how you designed it.
- **Allows repeatable, automated deployments**:
- You can use CloudFormation to deploy the same infrastructure over and over, ensuring consistency.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like having a machine that builds the same house every time, perfectly, with just the
press of a button.
- **Real-time Use Case**: CloudFormation is used to quickly set up environments for app development.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Developers use CloudFormation to set up multiple testing environments for their apps,
ensuring everything is identical and consistent.

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### **Slide 33: Management Tools - CloudWatch**

- **Monitoring and observability service for AWS resources**:
- CloudWatch monitors the health and performance of AWS services like EC2, RDS, and Lambda.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like having a health monitor that tracks the heartbeat of your apps and servers.
- **Provides real-time insights into application performance and resource utilization**:
- CloudWatch helps you see how well your applications are running and how many resources they are using.
- **Layman’s Terms**: You can check if your servers are running too hot (using too many resources) or if they’re
performing as expected.
- **Real-time Use Case**: E-commerce companies use CloudWatch to monitor server performance during peak times
(like Black Friday).
- **Layman’s Terms**: Online retailers use CloudWatch to make sure their servers can handle the flood of shoppers
during big sales.

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### **Slide 34
### **Slide 34: Management Tools - AWS Config**
- **Tracks configuration changes to AWS resources**:
- AWS Config keeps a record of any changes you make to your AWS services (e.g., security settings, network
configurations).
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like a diary that logs every time you change something in your AWS setup, so you can
track what happened and when.
- **Helps in compliance audits and troubleshooting**:
- Config makes it easier to see if your setup meets security standards or to figure out what went wrong when there’s
an issue.
- **Layman’s Terms**: If something breaks or a compliance issue arises, AWS Config can tell you what changed
and how to fix it.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Healthcare organizations use AWS Config to ensure compliance with strict data protection
laws (like HIPAA).
- **Layman’s Terms**: Hospitals use AWS Config to make sure they’re following all the rules for keeping patient
data safe.

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### **Slide 35: Key Concepts - Regions and Availability Zones**
- **Regions: Geographically isolated areas with multiple data centres (Availability Zones)**:
- AWS splits the world into regions, each containing several Availability Zones (AZs), which are like separate data
centres.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Think of a region as a big city, and AZs are neighbourhoods. AWS spreads out your services
across these neighbourhoods to make sure things stay up and running.
- **AZs: Isolated locations within a region to ensure high availability and fault tolerance**:
- AWS spreads your services across AZs, so if one goes down, the others keep things running.
- **Layman’s Terms**: If one neighbourhood has a power outage, the others in the city will keep running, so your
application won’t go offline.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Large-scale apps like Netflix distribute their services across multiple AZs in the same region
to prevent downtime.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Netflix splits its services across different neighbourhoods (AZs), so if one goes down, you
can keep watching without interruptions.

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### **Slide 36: Key Concepts - Object Storage**

- **Stores data as objects (S3)**:
- Object storage like S3 stores files, images, and videos as objects, each with its metadata and identifier.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like a massive warehouse where each box (object) has a label (metadata) and a specific
location (identifier) so it’s easy to find and manage.
- **Highly scalable and accessible from anywhere**:
- S3 can grow as much as you need and lets you access your data from anywhere in the world.
- **Layman’s Terms**: No matter how much stuff you need to store, S3 has room for it, and you can get to it no
matter where you are.
- **Real-time Use Case**: S3 is used by companies like Dropbox to store and retrieve files.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Dropbox uses S3 to keep your files safe and accessible, no matter how many people are
using it at the same time.

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### **Slide 37: Key Concepts - Block Storage**

- **Data is stored in fixed-sized blocks (EBS)**:
- Block storage, like EBS, stores data in fixed-sized chunks, which are ideal for applications like databases and
operating systems.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Imagine block storage as a library where each book is stored in neat, identical-sized boxes.
It’s easy to access and perfect for fast data retrieval.
- **Designed for high-performance workloads like databases**:
- Block storage is optimized for applications that need fast, high-performance access to data, such as databases.
 - **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like a speed-reading librarian who quickly retrieves and delivers information without any
delays.
- **Real-time Use Case**: EBS is used to store data for critical applications like SAP or Oracle databases.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Big companies use EBS to run their important business applications that need fast and
reliable access to data.

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### **Slide 38: Key Concepts - NoSQL Database**

- **Flexible schema design for unstructured or semi-structured data (DynamoDB)**:
- NoSQL databases, like DynamoDB, allow you to store data without having to define a strict structure, making it
perfect for apps with evolving data needs.
- **Layman’s Terms**: NoSQL is like a flexible filing cabinet where you can toss in any type of file, and it will
organize everything without needing to follow rigid rules.
- **Low-latency access for real-time applications**:
- NoSQL databases are designed for super-fast data retrieval, which is important for apps like games or social
media that need real-time performance.
- **Layman’s Terms**: NoSQL databases work as fast as a light switch—instant access to the information your app
needs.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Apps like Uber use DynamoDB for real-time data, such as tracking drivers and customers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Uber uses DynamoDB to instantly track and update driver and customer locations, ensuring
the app runs smoothly in real-time.

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### **Slide 39: Key Concepts - Serverless Computing**

- **Eliminates the need to provision or manage servers (Lambda, Fargate)**:
- Serverless computing lets you run code or containers without worrying about managing or scaling the underlying
infrastructure.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Serverless is like hosting a party where AWS handles everything from setting up the tables
to cleaning up afterwards—you just focus on your guests (code).
- **Scales automatically based on application demand**:
- Serverless services automatically adjust to handle as many or as few users as needed, without any intervention.
- **Layman’s Terms**: It’s like having a magic house that automatically expands when you have guests and shrinks
back down when they leave.
- **Real-time Use Case**: Startups use serverless computing to quickly scale their apps without worrying about
managing servers.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Small companies with fast-growing apps use serverless computing to handle unexpected
user growth, without needing to hire a team to manage the servers.
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### **Slide 40: Conclusion**

- **Recap of AWS Core and Additional Services**:
- A summary of all the AWS Core and Additional services covered.
- **Layman’s Terms**: Review of the main AWS tools that help businesses run apps, store data, and manage
services.
- **How these services enable businesses to scale and innovate**:
- These services let businesses grow without worrying about infrastructure, and they allow for innovation through
automation and machine learning.
- **Layman’s Terms**: AWS gives companies the ability to expand quickly and try new ideas, without the hassle of
buying hardware or managing data centers.
- **The future of cloud computing and AWS's role in it**:
- AWS is at the forefront of cloud computing innovation, leading the way with machine learning, IoT, and serverless
technologies.
- **Layman’s Terms**: AWS continues to help companies improve their operations, making cloud services easier
and more powerful.

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